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

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