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

Adam's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus adami
Halcyon horseshoe bat 1
Rhinolophus alcyone
Blasius's horseshoe bat 2
Rhinolophus blasii
Cape horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus capensis
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat 3
Rhinolophus clivosus
Cohen's horseshoe bat 4
Rhinolophus cohenae
Damara horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus damarensis
Darling's horseshoe bat 5
Rhinolophus darlingi
Decken's horseshoe bat 6
Rhinolophus deckenii
Dent's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus denti
Eloquent horseshoe bat 3
Rhinolophus eloquens
Mediterranean horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus euryale
Greater horseshoe bat 7
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
Rüppell's horseshoe bat 3
Rhinolophus fumigatus
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat 8
Rhinolophus geoffroyi
Guinean horseshoe bat 9
Rhinolophus guineensis
Hildebrandt's horseshoe bat 6
Rhinolophus hildebrandtii
Hill's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus hilli
Upland horseshoe bat 9
Rhinolophus hillorum
Lesser horseshoe bat 10
Rhinolophus hipposideros
Horáček's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus horaceki
Kahuzi horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus kahuzi
Lander's horseshoe bat 3
Rhinolophus landeri
Mount Mabu horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus mabuensis
Maclaud's horseshoe bat 9
Rhinolophus maclaudi
Maendeleo horseshoe bat 3
Rhinolophus maendeleo
Mehely's horseshoe bat 11
Rhinolophus mehelyi
Mozambican horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus mossambicus
Ruwenzori horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus ruwenzorii
Sakeji horseshoe bat 3
Rhinolophus sakejiensis
Forest horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus silvestris
Bushveld horseshoe bat 12
Rhinolophus simulator
Smithers's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus smithersi
Swinny's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus swinnyi
Willard's horseshoe bat 3
Rhinolophus willardi
Ziama horseshoe bat 13
Rhinolophus ziama

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