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

Rusty pipistrelle
Pipistrellus rusticus
Savi's pipistrelle 1
Pipistrellus savii
Somali serotine 2
Pipistrellus somalicus
Stanley's Serotine
Pipistrellus stanleyi
White-winged serotine 2
Pipistrellus tenuipinnis
Zulu serotine
Pipistrellus zuluensis
Ethiopian big-eared bat
Plecotus balensis
Christie's big-eared bat
Plecotus christii
Gaisler's long-eared bat 3
Plecotus gaisleri
Canary Big-eared Bat 4
Plecotus teneriffae
Light-winged Lesser House Bat 5
Scotoecus albofuscus
Dark-winged Lesser House Bat 2
Scotoecus hirundo
Alvensleben's House Bat
Scotophilus alvenslebeni
Réunion House Bat
Scotophilus borbonicus
Yellow-bellied House Bat 2
Scotophilus dinganii
White-bellied House Bat 2
Scotophilus leucogaster
Marovaza House Bat
Scotophilus marovaza
Giant House Bat 6
Scotophilus nigrita
Robbin's House Bat
Scotophilus nucella
Nut-colored House Bat 5
Scotophilus nux
Robust House Bat
Scotophilus robustus
Western Yellow Bat
Scotophilus tandrefana
Greenish House Bat 7
Scotophilus viridis
Desert long-eared bat 8
Otonycteris hemprichii
Tanzanian woolly bat
Kerivoula africana
Damara woolly bat 2
Kerivoula argentata
Copper woolly bat 2
Kerivoula cuprosa
Ethiopian woolly bat
Kerivoula eriophora
Lesser woolly bat 9
Kerivoula lanosa
Spurrell's woolly bat 2
Kerivoula phalaena
Smith's woolly bat 5
Kerivoula smithii
Botta's serotine
Eptesicus bottae
Horn-skinned bat
Eptesicus floweri
Long-tailed house bat
Eptesicus hottentotus
Isabell's serotine 10
Eptesicus isabellinus
Malagasy serotine
Eptesicus matroka
Lagos serotine
Eptesicus platyops
Angolan long-eared bat
Laephotis angolensis
Botswanan long-eared bat
Laephotis botswanae
Namib long-eared bat
Laephotis namibensis
De Winton's long-eared bat 7
Laephotis wintoni
Giant noctule 11
Nyctalus lasiopterus
Lesser noctule
Nyctalus leisleri
Noctule 12
Nyctalus noctula
Western barbastelle
Barbastella barbastellus
Eastern barbastelle 13
Barbastella leucomelas
Moloney's flat-headed bat 2
Mimetillus moloneyi
Allen's Striped Bat
Glauconycteris alboguttata
Silvered Bat 14
Glauconycteris argentata
Blackish Butterfly Bat
Glauconycteris atra
Beatrix's Bat 2
Glauconycteris beatrix
Curry's Bat
Glauconycteris curryae
Bibundi Butterfly Bat
Glauconycteris egeria
Glen's Wattled Bat
Glauconycteris gleni
Allen's Spotted Bat
Glauconycteris humeralis
Kenyan Wattled Bat
Glauconycteris kenyacola
Machado's Butterfly Bat
Glauconycteris machadoi
Abo Butterfly Bat 2
Glauconycteris poensis
Pied Bat 2
Glauconycteris superba
Variegated Butterfly Bat 2
Glauconycteris variegata
Schlieffen's bat 5
Nycticeinops schlieffenii
Natal free-tailed bat
Mormopterus acetabulosus
Moutou's free-tailed bat
Mormopterus francoismoutoui
Peters's wrinkle-lipped bat 15
Mormopterus jugularis
Egyptian free-tailed bat 16
Tadarida aegyptiaca
Duke of Abruzzi's free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida aloysiisabaudiae
Ansorge's free-tailed bat
Tadarida ansorgei
Madagascar free-tailed bat
Tadarida atsinanana
Tadarida bakarii 2
Gland-tailed free-tailed bat
Tadarida bemmeleni
Spotted free-tailed bat
Tadarida bivittata
Sierra Leone free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida brachyptera
Chapin's free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida chapini
Angolan free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida condylura
Medje free-tailed bat
Tadarida congica
Mongalla free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida demonstrator
Madagascan large free-tailed bat
Tadarida fulminans
Gallagher's free-tailed bat
Tadarida gallagheri
Black and red free-tailed bat
Tadarida jobimena
Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat 15
Tadarida leucostigma
Kenyan big-eared free-tailed bat
Tadarida lobata
Lappet-eared free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida major
Midas free-tailed bat 17
Tadarida midas
Dwarf free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida nanula
Niangara free-tailed bat
Tadarida niangarae
Nigerian free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida nigeriae
White-bellied free-tailed bat
Tadarida niveiventer
Peterson's free-tailed bat
Tadarida petersoni
Little free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida pumila
Russet free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida russata
Spurrell's free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida spurrelli
European free-tailed bat 13
Tadarida teniotis
Railer free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida thersites
São Tomé free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida tomensis
Trevor's free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida trevori
African giant free-tailed bat 7
Tadarida ventralis
Harrison's Large-eared Giant Mastiff Bat 18
Otomops harrisoni
Madagascar free-tailed bat
Otomops madagascariensis
Large-eared Giant Mastiff Bat 2
Otomops martiensseni
Daubenton's free-tailed bat 2
Myopterus daubentonii

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