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 mouse-tailed bat 1
Rhinopoma cystops
Macinnes's mouse-tailed bat
Rhinopoma macinnesi
Greater mouse-tailed bat 2
Rhinopoma microphyllum
Adam's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus adami
Halcyon horseshoe bat 3
Rhinolophus alcyone
Blasius's horseshoe bat 4
Rhinolophus blasii
Cape horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus capensis
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat 5
Rhinolophus clivosus
Cohen's horseshoe bat 6
Rhinolophus cohenae
Damara horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus damarensis
Darling's horseshoe bat 7
Rhinolophus darlingi
Decken's horseshoe bat 8
Rhinolophus deckenii
Dent's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus denti
Eloquent horseshoe bat 5
Rhinolophus eloquens
Mediterranean horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus euryale
Greater horseshoe bat 9
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
Rüppell's horseshoe bat 5
Rhinolophus fumigatus
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat 10
Rhinolophus geoffroyi
Guinean horseshoe bat 11
Rhinolophus guineensis
Hildebrandt's horseshoe bat 8
Rhinolophus hildebrandtii
Hill's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus hilli
Upland horseshoe bat 11
Rhinolophus hillorum
Lesser horseshoe bat 12
Rhinolophus hipposideros
Horáček's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus horaceki
Kahuzi horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus kahuzi
Lander's horseshoe bat 5
Rhinolophus landeri
Mount Mabu horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus mabuensis
Maclaud's horseshoe bat 11
Rhinolophus maclaudi
Maendeleo horseshoe bat 5
Rhinolophus maendeleo
Mehely's horseshoe bat 13
Rhinolophus mehelyi
Mozambican horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus mossambicus
Ruwenzori horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus ruwenzorii
Sakeji horseshoe bat 5
Rhinolophus sakejiensis
Forest horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus silvestris
Bushveld horseshoe bat 14
Rhinolophus simulator
Smithers's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus smithersi
Swinny's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus swinnyi
Willard's horseshoe bat 5
Rhinolophus willardi
Ziama horseshoe bat 15
Rhinolophus ziama
Heart-nosed bat
Cardioderma cor
Yellow-winged bat 16
Lavia frons
Grandidier's trident bat
Paratriaenops auritus
Trouessart's trident bat
Paratriaenops furculus
Paratriaenops pauliani
African trident bat 8
Triaenops afer
Rufous trident bat
Triaenops menamena
Percival's trident bat 6
Cloeotis percivali
Aba roundleaf bat 5
Hipposideros abae
Benito roundleaf bat 5
Hipposideros beatus
Sundevall's roundleaf bat 8
Hipposideros caffer
Cameroon leaf-nosed bat 8
Hipposideros camerunensis
Commerson's roundleaf bat 17
Hipposideros commersonii
Short-tailed roundleaf bat
Hipposideros curtus
Cyclops roundleaf bat 5
Hipposideros cyclops
Sooty Roundleaf Bat 5
Hipposideros fuliginosus
Giant leaf-nosed bat 18
Hipposideros gigas
Jones's roundleaf bat 5
Hipposideros jonesi
Lamotte's roundleaf bat 5
Hipposideros lamottei
Aellen's roundleaf bat 11
Hipposideros marisae
Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat
Hipposideros megalotis
Noack's roundleaf bat 19
Hipposideros ruber
Hipposideros tephrus
São Tomé leaf-nosed bat 19
Hipposideros thomensis
Striped leaf-nosed bat 5
Hipposideros vittatus
Somali trident leaf-nosed bat
Asellia italosomalica
Patrizi's trident leaf-nosed bat
Asellia patrizii
Geoffroy's trident leaf-nosed bat 11
Asellia tridens

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