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

Natal free-tailed bat
Mormopterus acetabulosus
Moutou's free-tailed bat
Mormopterus francoismoutoui
Peters's wrinkle-lipped bat 1
Mormopterus jugularis
Egyptian free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida aegyptiaca
Duke of Abruzzi's free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida aloysiisabaudiae
Ansorge's free-tailed bat
Tadarida ansorgei
Madagascar free-tailed bat
Tadarida atsinanana
Tadarida bakarii 3
Gland-tailed free-tailed bat
Tadarida bemmeleni
Spotted free-tailed bat
Tadarida bivittata
Sierra Leone free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida brachyptera
Chapin's free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida chapini
Angolan free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida condylura
Medje free-tailed bat
Tadarida congica
Mongalla free-tailed bat 3
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 1
Tadarida leucostigma
Kenyan big-eared free-tailed bat
Tadarida lobata
Lappet-eared free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida major
Midas free-tailed bat 4
Tadarida midas
Dwarf free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida nanula
Niangara free-tailed bat
Tadarida niangarae
Nigerian free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida nigeriae
White-bellied free-tailed bat
Tadarida niveiventer
Peterson's free-tailed bat
Tadarida petersoni
Little free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida pumila
Russet free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida russata
Spurrell's free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida spurrelli
European free-tailed bat 5
Tadarida teniotis
Railer free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida thersites
São Tomé free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida tomensis
Trevor's free-tailed bat 3
Tadarida trevori
African giant free-tailed bat 6
Tadarida ventralis
Harrison's Large-eared Giant Mastiff Bat 7
Otomops harrisoni
Madagascar free-tailed bat
Otomops madagascariensis
Large-eared Giant Mastiff Bat 3
Otomops martiensseni
Daubenton's free-tailed bat 3
Myopterus daubentonii
Bini free-tailed bat 8
Myopterus whitleyi
Peters's flat-headed bat 6
Platymops setiger
Roberts's flat-headed bat
Sauromys petrophilus

Edited by Jakob Fahr, Natalie Weber, and Carrie Seltzer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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  • 1. (c) chrismeyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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  • 3. (c) Jakob Fahr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jakob Fahr
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  • 5. (c) The Darwin Initiative Centre for Bat Research, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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