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

Peters' sheath-tailed bat 1
Paremballonura atrata
Western sheath-tailed bat
Paremballonura tiavato
Pel's pouched bat 2
Saccolaimus peli
Hamilton's Tomb Bat
Taphozous hamiltoni
Hildegarde's Tomb Bat 3
Taphozous hildegardeae
Mauritian tomb bat 4
Taphozous mauritianus
Naked-rumped Tomb Bat 2
Taphozous nudiventris
Egyptian Tomb Bat 2
Taphozous perforatus
African sheath-tailed bat 5
Coleura afra
Madagascar sheath-tailed bat
Coleura kibomalandy
Seychelles sheath-tailed bat
Coleura seychellensis

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

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