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

Egyptian free-tailed bat 1
Tadarida aegyptiaca
Duke of Abruzzi's free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida aloysiisabaudiae
Ansorge's free-tailed bat
Tadarida ansorgei
Madagascar free-tailed bat
Tadarida atsinanana
Chapin's free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida chapini
Angolan free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida condylura
Medje free-tailed bat
Tadarida congica
Mongalla free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida demonstrator
Niangara free-tailed bat
Tadarida niangarae
Nigerian free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida nigeriae
White-bellied free-tailed bat
Tadarida niveiventer
Peterson's free-tailed bat
Tadarida petersoni
Little free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida pumila
Russet free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida russata
Spurrell's free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida spurrelli
European free-tailed bat 5
Tadarida teniotis
Railer free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida thersites
São Tomé free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida tomensis
Trevor's free-tailed bat 2
Tadarida trevori
African giant free-tailed bat 6
Tadarida ventralis

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

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  • 1. (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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