Bats of Kenya

Heart-nosed bat 1
Cardioderma cor
Percival's trident bat 2
Cloeotis percivali
African sheath-tailed bat 3
Coleura afra
Straw-colored fruit bat 4
Eidolon helvum
Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat 3
Epomophorus labiatus
East African Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus minimus
Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat 5
Epomophorus wahlbergi
Long-tailed house bat
Eptesicus hottentotus
Silvered Bat 6
Glauconycteris argentata
Allen's Spotted Bat
Glauconycteris humeralis
Kenyan Wattled Bat
Glauconycteris kenyacola
Variegated Butterfly Bat 3
Glauconycteris variegata
Benito roundleaf bat 3
Hipposideros beatus
Sundevall's roundleaf bat 7
Hipposideros caffer
Cameroon leaf-nosed bat 7
Hipposideros camerunensis
Cyclops roundleaf bat 3
Hipposideros cyclops
Giant leaf-nosed bat 8
Hipposideros gigas
Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat
Hipposideros megalotis
Noack's roundleaf bat 9
Hipposideros ruber
Striped leaf-nosed bat 3
Hipposideros vittatus
Hammer-headed Fruit Bat 3
Hypsignathus monstrosus
Damara woolly bat 3
Kerivoula argentata
Lesser woolly bat 10
Kerivoula lanosa
Smith's woolly bat 11
Kerivoula smithii
De Winton's long-eared bat 7
Laephotis wintoni
Yellow-winged bat 12
Lavia frons
Peter's dwarf epauletted fruit bat 13
Micropteropus pusillus
Moloney's flat-headed bat 3
Mimetillus moloneyi
Lesser long-fingered bat
Miniopterus fraterculus
Greater long-fingered bat 3
Miniopterus inflatus
Least long-fingered bat 7
Miniopterus minor
Natal long-fingered bat 14
Miniopterus natalensis
Angolan Collared Fruit Bat 15
Myonycteris angolensis
East African Collared Fruit Bat 16
Myonycteris relicta
Rufous mouse-eared bat 3
Myotis bocagii
Cape hairy bat 14
Myotis tricolor
Welwitsch's mouse-eared bat 3
Myotis welwitschii
Bates's slit-faced bat 3
Nycteris arge
Andersen's slit-faced bat
Nycteris aurita
Large slit-faced bat 3
Nycteris grandis
Hairy slit-faced bat 17
Nycteris hispida
Large-eared slit-faced bat 3
Nycteris macrotis
Dwarf slit-faced bat 3
Nycteris nana
Egyptian slit-faced bat 18
Nycteris thebaica
Schlieffen's bat 11
Nycticeinops schlieffenii
Large-eared free-tailed bat 3
Otomops martiensseni
Mount Gargues pipistrelle
Pipistrellus aero
Cape serotine 18
Pipistrellus capensis
Broad-headed pipistrelle 3
Pipistrellus crassulus
Heller's pipistrelle 19
Pipistrellus helios
Dusky pipistrelle
Pipistrellus hesperidus
Tiny pipistrelle 3
Pipistrellus nanulus
Banana pipistrelle 20
Pipistrellus nanus
Rendall's serotine 7
Pipistrellus rendalli
Rüppell's pipistrelle 10
Pipistrellus rueppellii
Rusty pipistrelle
Pipistrellus rusticus
Somali serotine 3
Pipistrellus somalicus
White-winged serotine 3
Pipistrellus tenuipinnis
Zulu serotine
Pipistrellus zuluensis
Peters's flat-headed bat 7
Platymops setiger
Halcyon horseshoe bat 21
Rhinolophus alcyone
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat 3
Rhinolophus clivosus
Darling's horseshoe bat 22
Rhinolophus darlingi
Decken's horseshoe bat 7
Rhinolophus deckenii
Eloquent horseshoe bat 3
Rhinolophus eloquens
Rüppell's horseshoe bat 3
Rhinolophus fumigatus
Hildebrandt's horseshoe bat 7
Rhinolophus hildebrandtii
Lander's horseshoe bat 3
Rhinolophus landeri
Bushveld horseshoe bat 23
Rhinolophus simulator
Macinnes's mouse-tailed bat
Rhinopoma macinnesi
Egyptian rousette 3
Rousettus aegyptiacus
Pel's pouched bat 3
Saccolaimus peli
Light-winged Lesser House Bat 11
Scotoecus albofuscus
Dark-winged Lesser House Bat 3
Scotoecus hirundo
Yellow-bellied House Bat 3
Scotophilus dinganii
White-bellied House Bat 3
Scotophilus leucogaster
Schreber's Yellow Bat 21
Scotophilus nigrita
Nut-colored House Bat 11
Scotophilus nux
Greenish House Bat 7
Scotophilus viridis
Long-haired rousette 24
Stenonycteris lanosus
Egyptian free-tailed bat 18
Tadarida aegyptiaca
Ansorge's free-tailed bat
Tadarida ansorgei
Gland-tailed free-tailed bat
Tadarida bemmeleni
Spotted free-tailed bat
Tadarida bivittata
Sierra Leone free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida brachyptera
Chapin's free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida chapini
Angolan free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida condylura
Madagascan large free-tailed bat
Tadarida fulminans
Kenyan big-eared free-tailed bat
Tadarida lobata
Lappet-eared free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida major
Midas free-tailed bat 25
Tadarida midas
Dwarf free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida nanula
Little free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida pumila
Russet free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida russata
Railer free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida thersites
African giant free-tailed bat 7
Tadarida ventralis
Hamilton's Tomb Bat
Taphozous hamiltoni
Hildegarde's Tomb Bat 7
Taphozous hildegardeae
Mauritian tomb bat 26
Taphozous mauritianus
Naked-rumped Tomb Bat 3
Taphozous nudiventris

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