Bats of Africa

A comprehensive checklist of bats occurring in Africa and surrounding islands.

This is the companion guide for the AfriBats project:
www.inaturalist.org/projects/afribats

Long-haired rousette 1
Stenonycteris lanosus
Hayman's dwarf epauletted fruit bat
Micropteropus intermedius
Peter's dwarf epauletted fruit bat 2
Micropteropus pusillus
Short-palated fruit bat 3
Casinycteris argynnis
Campo-Ma’an fruit bat 4
Casinycteris campomaanensis
Pohle's fruit bat 4
Casinycteris ophiodon
Büttikofer's Epauletted Bat
Epomops buettikoferi
Dobson's Epauletted Fruit Bat 4
Epomops dobsonii
Franquet's Epauletted Bat 4
Epomops franqueti
Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus angolensis
Ansell's Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus anselli
Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat 5
Epomophorus crypturus
Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat 4
Epomophorus gambianus
Lesser Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus grandis
Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat 4
Epomophorus labiatus
East African Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus minimus
Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat 6
Epomophorus wahlbergi
Madagascan fruit bat 7
Eidolon dupreanum
Straw-colored fruit bat 8
Eidolon helvum
Hammer-headed Fruit Bat 4
Hypsignathus monstrosus
Egyptian rousette 4
Rousettus aegyptiacus
Madagascan rousette 9
Rousettus madagascariensis
Comoro rousette
Rousettus obliviosus
Aldabra flying fox 10
Pteropus aldabrensis
Comoro black flying fox 11
Pteropus livingstonii
Greater Mascarene flying fox 12
Pteropus niger
Rodrigues flying fox 13
Pteropus rodricensis
Madagascan flying fox 14
Pteropus rufus
Seychelles flying fox 15
Pteropus seychellensis
Dark flying fox 16
Pteropus subniger
Pemba flying fox 17
Pteropus voeltzkowi
Western Woermann's fruit bat 4
Megaloglossus azagnyi
Woermann's fruit bat 18
Megaloglossus woermanni
Angolan Collared Fruit Bat 19
Myonycteris angolensis
São Tomé Collared Fruit Bat
Myonycteris brachycephala
Sierra Leone Collared Fruit Bat 4
Myonycteris leptodon
East African Collared Fruit Bat 20
Myonycteris relicta
Little Collared Fruit Bat 18
Myonycteris torquata
Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted bat 4
Nanonycteris veldkampii
Bergmans' fruit bat 21
Scotonycteris bergmansi
Hayman's tear-drop fruit bat 4
Scotonycteris occidentalis
Zenker's fruit bat
Scotonycteris zenkeri
Anchieta's broad-faced fruit bat
Plerotes anchietae
Egyptian mouse-tailed bat 22
Rhinopoma cystops
Macinnes's mouse-tailed bat
Rhinopoma macinnesi
Greater mouse-tailed bat 23
Rhinopoma microphyllum
Adam's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus adami
Halcyon horseshoe bat 24
Rhinolophus alcyone
Blasius's horseshoe bat 25
Rhinolophus blasii
Cape horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus capensis
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat 4
Rhinolophus clivosus
Cohen's horseshoe bat 26
Rhinolophus cohenae
Damara horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus damarensis
Darling's horseshoe bat 27
Rhinolophus darlingi
Decken's horseshoe bat 28
Rhinolophus deckenii
Dent's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus denti
Eloquent horseshoe bat 4
Rhinolophus eloquens
Mediterranean horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus euryale
Greater horseshoe bat 29
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
Rüppell's horseshoe bat 4
Rhinolophus fumigatus
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat 30
Rhinolophus geoffroyi
Guinean horseshoe bat 18
Rhinolophus guineensis
Hildebrandt's horseshoe bat 28
Rhinolophus hildebrandtii
Hill's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus hilli
Upland horseshoe bat 18
Rhinolophus hillorum
Lesser horseshoe bat 31
Rhinolophus hipposideros
Horáček's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus horaceki
Kahuzi horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus kahuzi
Lander's horseshoe bat 4
Rhinolophus landeri
Mount Mabu horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus mabuensis
Maclaud's horseshoe bat 18
Rhinolophus maclaudi
Maendeleo horseshoe bat 4
Rhinolophus maendeleo
Mehely's horseshoe bat 32
Rhinolophus mehelyi
Mozambican horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus mossambicus
Ruwenzori horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus ruwenzorii
Sakeji horseshoe bat 4
Rhinolophus sakejiensis
Forest horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus silvestris
Bushveld horseshoe bat 33
Rhinolophus simulator
Smithers's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus smithersi
Swinny's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus swinnyi
Willard's horseshoe bat 4
Rhinolophus willardi
Ziama horseshoe bat 34
Rhinolophus ziama
Heart-nosed bat
Cardioderma cor
Yellow-winged bat 35
Lavia frons
Grandidier's trident bat
Paratriaenops auritus
Trouessart's trident bat
Paratriaenops furculus
Paratriaenops pauliani
African trident bat 28
Triaenops afer
Rufous trident bat
Triaenops menamena
Percival's trident bat 26
Cloeotis percivali
Aba roundleaf bat 4
Hipposideros abae
Benito roundleaf bat 4
Hipposideros beatus
Sundevall's roundleaf bat 28
Hipposideros caffer
Cameroon leaf-nosed bat 28
Hipposideros camerunensis
Commerson's roundleaf bat 36
Hipposideros commersonii
Short-tailed roundleaf bat
Hipposideros curtus
Cyclops roundleaf bat 4
Hipposideros cyclops
Sooty Roundleaf Bat 4
Hipposideros fuliginosus
Giant leaf-nosed bat 37
Hipposideros gigas
Jones's roundleaf bat 4
Hipposideros jonesi

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