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

Anjouan myotis
Myotis anjouanensis
Rufous mouse-eared bat 1
Myotis bocagii
Long-fingered bat 2
Myotis capaccinii
Kock's mouse-eared bat
Myotis dieteri
Geoffroy's bat 3
Myotis emarginatus
Escalera's mouse-eared bat 4
Myotis escalerai
Malagasy mouse-eared bat 5
Myotis goudoti
Morris' mouse-eared bat 1
Myotis morrisi
Whiskered bat 6
Myotis mystacinus
Felten's myotis 7
Myotis punicus
Scott's mouse-eared bat
Myotis scotti
Cape hairy bat 8
Myotis tricolor
Welwitsch's mouse-eared bat 1
Myotis welwitschii
Mount Gargues pipistrelle
Pipistrellus aero
Anchieta's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus anchietae
Desert pipistrelle
Pipistrellus ariel
Dark Madagascar pipistrelle
Pipistrellus bemainty
Dark-brown serotine 9
Pipistrellus brunneus
Cape serotine 10
Pipistrellus capensis
Broad-headed pipistrelle 1
Pipistrellus crassulus
Eisentraut's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus eisentrauti
Grandidier's pipistrelle 1
Pipistrellus grandidieri
Tiny serotine 1
Pipistrellus guineensis
Hanak's dwarf bat
Pipistrellus hanaki
Heller's pipistrelle 11
Pipistrellus helios
Dusky pipistrelle
Pipistrellus hesperidus
Aellen's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus inexspectatus
Isabelline White-winged Serotine 1
Pipistrellus isabella
Kuhl's pipistrelle 12
Pipistrellus kuhlii
Lanza's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus lanzai
Madeira pipistrelle
Pipistrellus maderensis
Mouselike pipistrelle
Pipistrellus musciculus
Tiny pipistrelle 1
Pipistrellus nanulus
Banana pipistrelle 13
Pipistrellus nanus
Dar-es-Salaam pipistrelle
Pipistrellus permixtus
Common Pipistrelle 6
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Pygmy pipistrelle 14
Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Racey's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus raceyi
Rendall's serotine 15
Pipistrellus rendalli
Roberts' pipistrelle
Pipistrellus robertsi
Rosevear's serotine 1
Pipistrellus roseveari
Rüppell's pipistrelle 16
Pipistrellus rueppellii
Rusty pipistrelle
Pipistrellus rusticus
Savi's pipistrelle 17
Pipistrellus savii
Somali serotine 1
Pipistrellus somalicus
Stanley's Serotine
Pipistrellus stanleyi
White-winged serotine 1
Pipistrellus tenuipinnis
Zulu serotine
Pipistrellus zuluensis
Ethiopian big-eared bat
Plecotus balensis
Christie's big-eared bat
Plecotus christii
Gaisler's long-eared bat 18
Plecotus gaisleri
Canary Big-eared Bat 19
Plecotus teneriffae
Light-winged Lesser House Bat 9
Scotoecus albofuscus
Dark-winged Lesser House Bat 1
Scotoecus hirundo
Alvensleben's House Bat
Scotophilus alvenslebeni
Réunion House Bat
Scotophilus borbonicus
Yellow-bellied House Bat 1
Scotophilus dinganii
White-bellied House Bat 1
Scotophilus leucogaster
Marovaza House Bat
Scotophilus marovaza
Giant House Bat 20
Scotophilus nigrita
Robbin's House Bat
Scotophilus nucella
Nut-colored House Bat 9
Scotophilus nux
Robust House Bat
Scotophilus robustus
Western Yellow Bat
Scotophilus tandrefana
Greenish House Bat 15
Scotophilus viridis
Desert long-eared bat 21
Otonycteris hemprichii
Tanzanian woolly bat
Kerivoula africana
Damara woolly bat 1
Kerivoula argentata
Copper woolly bat 1
Kerivoula cuprosa
Ethiopian woolly bat
Kerivoula eriophora
Lesser woolly bat 16
Kerivoula lanosa
Spurrell's woolly bat 1
Kerivoula phalaena
Smith's woolly bat 9
Kerivoula smithii
Botta's serotine
Eptesicus bottae
Horn-skinned bat
Eptesicus floweri
Long-tailed house bat
Eptesicus hottentotus
Isabell's serotine 7
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 15
Laephotis wintoni
Giant noctule 2
Nyctalus lasiopterus
Lesser noctule
Nyctalus leisleri
Noctule 22
Nyctalus noctula
Western barbastelle
Barbastella barbastellus
Eastern barbastelle 23
Barbastella leucomelas
Moloney's flat-headed bat 1
Mimetillus moloneyi
Allen's Striped Bat
Glauconycteris alboguttata
Silvered Bat 24
Glauconycteris argentata
Blackish Butterfly Bat
Glauconycteris atra
Beatrix's Bat 1
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 1
Glauconycteris poensis

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