 In 2002 the Indian government added the Wroughton's free-tailed bat ("Otomops wroughtonii") and Salim Ali's fruit bat ("Latidens salimalii") to Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, affording these two species the highest level of protection.The other 112 species of bats in India were not affected.In 2004 an increase in recorded numbers and distribution of the taxon called into question the validity of the current classification and suggests that "Latidens salimalii" be reclassified as Endangered.