Bats of Gabon
Halcyon horseshoe bat
The Halcyon Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus alcyone) is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, possibly Gabon, and possibly Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical ...more ↓
Lander's horseshoe bat
Lander's Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus landeri) is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family found in Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and caves.
Forest horseshoe bat
The Forest Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus silvestris) is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family. It is found in Republic of the Congo and Gabon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and caves. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Peter's dwarf epauletted fruit bat
Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat (Micropteropus pusillus) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, ...more ↓
Short-palated fruit bat
The Short-palated Fruit Bat (Casinycteris argynnis) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Casinycteris. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Pohle's fruit bat
Pohle's Fruit Bat (Scotonycteris ophiodon) is a near threatened species of megabat found in the subtropical or tropical forests of Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Liberia....
Franquet's epauletted bat
Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat (Epomops franqueti) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. Its habitat ranges from sub-saharan forest to equatorial tropics.
Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat
The Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus wahlbergi) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is commonly found across southern Africa.
Straw-colored fruit bat
The straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) is a large fruit bat that is the most widely distributed of all the African megabats. It is quite common throughout its area ranging from the southwestern Arabian Peninsula, across forest and savanna zones of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. They have recently been classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List due to a ...more ↓
Hammer-headed fruit bat
The Hammer-headed Bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus), also known as the Big-lipped Bat, is a megabat widely distributed in equatorial Africa. This large bat is found in riverine forests, mangroves, swamps, and palm forests at elevations less than 1800 meters.
Egyptian rousette
The Egyptian fruit bat or Egyptian rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is a species of Old World fruit bat.
Woermann's fruit bat
Woermann's Bat or Woermann's Fruit Bat (Megaloglossus woermanni) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Megaloglossus. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, ...more ↓
Little collared fruit bat
The Little Collared Fruit Bat (Myonycteris torquata) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family.
Zenker's fruit bat
Zenker's Fruit Bat (Scotonycteris zenkeri) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Nigeria. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical ...more ↓
Angolan Fruit Bat
The Angolan fruit bat or Angolan rousette (Lissonycteris angolensis) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, ...more ↓
Yellow-winged bat
The Yellow-winged bat (Lavia frons) is one of five species of false vampire bat (family Megadermatidae) from Africa.
Benito roundleaf bat
The Benito Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros beatus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and Togo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland ...more ↓
Sundevall's roundleaf bat
Sundevall's roundleaf bat (Hipposideros caffer), also called Sundevall's leaf-nosed bat, is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae.
Cyclops roundleaf bat
The cyclops roundleaf bat, or cyclops leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros cyclops), is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in the forests of equatorial Africa.
Sooty roundleaf bat
The Sooty Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros fuliginosus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Giant leaf-nosed bat
Giant roundleaf bat is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or ...more ↓
Noack's roundleaf bat
Noack's roundleaf bat (Hipposideros ruber) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, ...more ↓
