Bats of São Tomé & Príncipe
Barboza du Bocage, J.V., 1889. Chiroptères de l’île St. Thomé. J. Sci. math. phys. nat. (2) 1, 197-199.
Juste B., J., Ibáñez, C., 1994. Bats of the Gulf of Guinea islands: Faunal composition and origins. Biodiver. Conserv. 3, 837-850.
Rainho, A., Meyer, C.F.J., Thorsteinsdóttir, S., ...more ↓
Newton's long-fingered bat
Juste B., J., Ferrández, A., Fa, J.E., Masefield, W., Ibáñez, C., 2007. Taxonomy of little bent-winged bats (Miniopterus, Miniopteridae) from the African islands of São Tomé, Grand Comoro and Madagascar, based on mtDNA. Acta Chiropterologica 9, 27-37.
Juste B., J., Ibáñez, C., 1992. Taxonomic review of Miniopterus minor Peters, 1867 (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from western Central Africa. ...more ↓
Cape hairy bat
The Cape hairy bat (Myotis tricolor) is a species of vesper bat that is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry and moist savanna, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and subterranean habitats (including caves).
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 ↓
Egyptian rousette
The Egyptian Fruit Bat or Egyptian Rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is a species of Old World fruit bat found throughout Africa, except in the desert regions of the Sahara, and throughout the Middle East, as far east as Pakistan and northern India. Due to their extensive geographic range, and relatively large wild population, Rousettus aegyptiacus does not hold any ...more ↓
São Tomé collared fruit bat
The São Tomé collared fruit bat (Myonycteris brachycephala) is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to São Tomé island. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forestes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Little free-tailed bat
The little free-tailed bat (Chaerephon pumilus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, ...more ↓
São Tomé free-tailed bat
The São Tomé free-tailed bat (Chaerephon tomensis) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.
Mauritian Tomb Bat
The Mauritian Tomb Bat (Taphozous mauritianus) is a species of sac-winged bat in the Emballonuridae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, ...more ↓
Noack's roundleaf bat
Noack's Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros ruber) is a species of bat in the Hipposideridae 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, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, ...more ↓
São Tomé leaf-nosed bat
Hipposideros thomensis is a species of bat in the Hipposideridae family. It is endemic to São Tomé island. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and caves.
