The Shei-Pa National Park has been dedicated to researching bats and promoting environmental education since 2008. A total of 29 bat species have been documented in the park, accounting for 82% of all bat species in Taiwan proper and including multiple rare and protected insectivorous species. The park’s research efforts have led to numerous achievements, including the construction of Taiwan’s first bat condo and the first-ever discovery of natural roosts of the Taiwan long-eared bat (Plecotus taivanus).

Since 2023, the Shei-Pa National Park Headquarters has been collaborating with the Formosa Golden Bat’s Home in Yunlin County to upgrade its bat condo. The agency has also worked with Chung Yuan Christian University to conduct disease carrier screenings. So far, no viruses that could infect humans have been detected in the bats.

The Shei-Pa National Park Headquarters has been actively engaged in bat conservation education. It has built DIY bat houses with students from nearby tribal schools, published brochures explaining ecosystems, and organized environmental education forums. In the future, the headquarters will continue to work on bat research and conservation, integrate visits to its bat condo into tribal ecotours, and host citizen science events, thereby achieving the United Nations’ biodiversity conservation goals.

Xuejian and Guanwu have recorded the only protected insectivorous bat in China - the Taiwanese tailless leaf-nosed bat