Notable for Bats
WHS which derive their OUV from bats or are known for remarkable bat behaviour such as outflights.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Carlsbad Caverns | Brazilian Free-Tail Bat Outflight: "From April through mid-October, visitors watch the nightly spectacle of several hundred thousand Brazilian free-tail bats exiting Carlsbad Cavern in search of food." | |
| El Pinacate | Large maternity caves of the migratory Lesser Long-Nosed Bat (OUV) | |
| Gunung Mulu | Deer Cave alone has one of the largest colonies in the world of free tailed bats, ... at over 3 million. (OUV) | |
| Komodo National Park | Sunda Flying Fox at Pulau Koaba, also known as Kalong Island (Fruit Bat Island). At dusk, thousands of them leave their roost. | |
| Mount Hamiguitan | provides habitat for the Philippine pygmy fruit bat (OUV) | |
| Nyungwe National Park | Crit X: "The Critically Endangered Hills Horseshoe Bat is endemic to the nominated property." | |
| Ogasawara Islands | "... home to a wealth of fauna, including the Bonin Flying Fox, a critically endangered bat," |
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