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

Aldabra flying fox 1
Pteropus aldabrensis
Comoro black flying fox 2
Pteropus livingstonii
Greater Mascarene flying fox 3
Pteropus niger
Rodrigues flying fox 4
Pteropus rodricensis
Madagascan flying fox 5
Pteropus rufus
Seychelles flying fox 6
Pteropus seychellensis
Dark flying fox 7
Pteropus subniger
Pemba flying fox 8
Pteropus voeltzkowi

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