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

Aellen's long-fingered bat
Miniopterus aelleni
Montagne d’Ambre long-fingered bat
Miniopterus ambohitrensis
Miniopterus brachytragos
Eger's long-fingered bat
Miniopterus egeri
Lesser long-fingered bat
Miniopterus fraterculus
Glen's long-fingered bat
Miniopterus gleni
Griffiths' long-fingered bat
Miniopterus griffithsi
Griveaud's long-fingered bat
Miniopterus griveaudi
Greater long-fingered bat 1
Miniopterus inflatus
Maghrebian bent-wing bat 1
Miniopterus maghrebensis
Miniopterus mahafaliensis
Major's long-fingered bat
Miniopterus majori
Manavi long-fingered bat
Miniopterus manavi
Least long-fingered bat 2
Miniopterus minor
Mozambican long-fingered bat 1
Miniopterus mossambicus
Natal long-fingered bat 3
Miniopterus natalensis
Newton's long-fingered bat
Miniopterus newtoni
Peterson's long-fingered bat
Miniopterus petersoni
Schreibers' long-fingered bat 4
Miniopterus schreibersii
Sororcula long-fingered bat
Miniopterus sororculus
Villiers' long-fingered bat 5
Miniopterus villiersi
Lesueur's hairy bat
Cistugo lesueuri
Angolan hairy bat
Cistugo seabrae
Anjouan myotis
Myotis anjouanensis
Rufous mouse-eared bat 1
Myotis bocagii
Long-fingered bat 6
Myotis capaccinii
Kock's mouse-eared bat
Myotis dieteri
Geoffroy's bat 7
Myotis emarginatus
Escalera's mouse-eared bat 8
Myotis escalerai
Malagasy mouse-eared bat 9
Myotis goudoti
Morris' mouse-eared bat 1
Myotis morrisi
Whiskered bat 10
Myotis mystacinus
Felten's myotis 11
Myotis punicus
Scott's mouse-eared bat
Myotis scotti
Cape hairy bat 3
Myotis tricolor
Welwitsch's mouse-eared bat 1
Myotis welwitschii
Mount Gargues pipistrelle
Pipistrellus aero
Anchieta's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus anchietae
Desert pipistrelle
Pipistrellus ariel
Dark Madagascar pipistrelle
Pipistrellus bemainty
Dark-brown serotine 5
Pipistrellus brunneus
Cape serotine 12
Pipistrellus capensis
Broad-headed pipistrelle 1
Pipistrellus crassulus
Eisentraut's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus eisentrauti
Grandidier's pipistrelle 1
Pipistrellus grandidieri
Tiny serotine 1
Pipistrellus guineensis
Hanak's dwarf bat
Pipistrellus hanaki
Heller's pipistrelle 13
Pipistrellus helios
Dusky pipistrelle
Pipistrellus hesperidus
Aellen's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus inexspectatus
Isabelline White-winged Serotine 1
Pipistrellus isabella
Kuhl's pipistrelle 14
Pipistrellus kuhlii
Lanza's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus lanzai
Madeira pipistrelle
Pipistrellus maderensis
Mouselike pipistrelle
Pipistrellus musciculus
Tiny pipistrelle 1
Pipistrellus nanulus
Banana pipistrelle 15
Pipistrellus nanus
Dar-es-Salaam pipistrelle
Pipistrellus permixtus
Common Pipistrelle 10
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Pygmy pipistrelle 16
Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Racey's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus raceyi
Rendall's serotine 2
Pipistrellus rendalli
Roberts' pipistrelle
Pipistrellus robertsi
Rosevear's serotine 1
Pipistrellus roseveari
Rüppell's pipistrelle 17
Pipistrellus rueppellii
Rusty pipistrelle
Pipistrellus rusticus
Savi's pipistrelle 18
Pipistrellus savii
Somali serotine 1
Pipistrellus somalicus
Stanley's Serotine
Pipistrellus stanleyi
White-winged serotine 1
Pipistrellus tenuipinnis
Zulu serotine
Pipistrellus zuluensis
Ethiopian big-eared bat
Plecotus balensis
Christie's big-eared bat
Plecotus christii
Gaisler's long-eared bat 19
Plecotus gaisleri
Canary Big-eared Bat 20
Plecotus teneriffae
Light-winged Lesser House Bat 5
Scotoecus albofuscus
Dark-winged Lesser House Bat 1
Scotoecus hirundo
Alvensleben's House Bat
Scotophilus alvenslebeni
Réunion House Bat
Scotophilus borbonicus
Yellow-bellied House Bat 1
Scotophilus dinganii
White-bellied House Bat 1
Scotophilus leucogaster
Marovaza House Bat
Scotophilus marovaza
Giant House Bat 21
Scotophilus nigrita
Robbin's House Bat
Scotophilus nucella
Nut-colored House Bat 5
Scotophilus nux
Robust House Bat
Scotophilus robustus
Western Yellow Bat
Scotophilus tandrefana
Greenish House Bat 2
Scotophilus viridis
Desert long-eared bat 22
Otonycteris hemprichii
Tanzanian woolly bat
Kerivoula africana
Damara woolly bat 1
Kerivoula argentata
Copper woolly bat 1
Kerivoula cuprosa
Ethiopian woolly bat
Kerivoula eriophora
Lesser woolly bat 17
Kerivoula lanosa
Spurrell's woolly bat 1
Kerivoula phalaena
Smith's woolly bat 5
Kerivoula smithii
Botta's serotine
Eptesicus bottae
Horn-skinned bat
Eptesicus floweri
Long-tailed house bat
Eptesicus hottentotus
Isabell's serotine 11
Eptesicus isabellinus

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