Notable for Bats

Connected Sites: 7

Definition
WHS which derive their OUV from bats or are known for remarkable bat behaviour such as outflights.

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Connected Sites

  • Ogasawara Islands
    Ogasawara Islands
    Japan
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.12
    8
    3
    "... home to a wealth of fauna, including the Bonin Flying Fox, a critically endangered bat,"
  • El Pinacate
    El Pinacate
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.08
    16
    5
    Large maternity caves of the migratory Lesser Long-Nosed Bat (OUV)
  • Carlsbad Caverns
    Carlsbad Caverns
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.47
    118
    11
    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."
    See www.nps.gov
  • Nyungwe National Park
    Rwanda
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.76
    18
    1
    Crit X: "The Critically Endangered Hills Horseshoe Bat is endemic to the nominated property."
  • Mount Hamiguitan
    Mount Hamiguitan
    Philippines
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.73
    13
    4
    provides habitat for the Philippine pygmy fruit bat (OUV)
  • Komodo National Park
    Komodo National Park
    Indonesia
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.78
    88
    7
    Sunda Flying Fox at Pulau Koaba, also known as Kalong Island (Fruit Bat Island). At dusk, thousands of them leave their roost.
    See www.ecologyasia.com
  • Gunung Mulu
    Gunung Mulu
    Malaysia
    Inscribed: 2000
    4.11
    58
    6
    Deer Cave alone has one of the largest colonies in the world of free tailed bats, ... at over 3 million. (OUV)