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

Long-haired rousette 1
Stenonycteris lanosus
Hayman's dwarf epauletted fruit bat
Micropteropus intermedius
Peter's dwarf epauletted fruit bat 2
Micropteropus pusillus
Short-palated fruit bat 3
Casinycteris argynnis
Campo-Ma’an fruit bat 4
Casinycteris campomaanensis
Pohle's fruit bat 4
Casinycteris ophiodon
Büttikofer's Epauletted Bat
Epomops buettikoferi
Dobson's Epauletted Fruit Bat 4
Epomops dobsonii
Franquet's Epauletted Bat 4
Epomops franqueti
Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus angolensis
Ansell's Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus anselli
Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat 5
Epomophorus crypturus
Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat 4
Epomophorus gambianus
Lesser Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus grandis
Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat 4
Epomophorus labiatus
East African Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus minimus
Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat 6
Epomophorus wahlbergi
Hammer-headed Fruit Bat 4
Hypsignathus monstrosus
Egyptian rousette 4
Rousettus aegyptiacus
Madagascan rousette 7
Rousettus madagascariensis
Comoro rousette
Rousettus obliviosus
Western Woermann's fruit bat 4
Megaloglossus azagnyi
Woermann's fruit bat 8
Megaloglossus woermanni
Angolan Collared Fruit Bat 9
Myonycteris angolensis
São Tomé Collared Fruit Bat
Myonycteris brachycephala
Sierra Leone Collared Fruit Bat 4
Myonycteris leptodon
East African Collared Fruit Bat 10
Myonycteris relicta
Little Collared Fruit Bat 8
Myonycteris torquata
Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted bat 4
Nanonycteris veldkampii
Bergmans' fruit bat 11
Scotonycteris bergmansi
Hayman's tear-drop fruit bat 4
Scotonycteris occidentalis
Zenker's fruit bat
Scotonycteris zenkeri
Anchieta's broad-faced fruit bat
Plerotes anchietae

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