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

Anjouan myotis
Myotis anjouanensis
Rufous mouse-eared bat 1
Myotis bocagii
Long-fingered bat 2
Myotis capaccinii
Kock's mouse-eared bat
Myotis dieteri
Geoffroy's bat 3
Myotis emarginatus
Escalera's mouse-eared bat 4
Myotis escalerai
Malagasy mouse-eared bat 5
Myotis goudoti
Morris' mouse-eared bat 1
Myotis morrisi
Whiskered bat 6
Myotis mystacinus
Felten's myotis 7
Myotis punicus
Scott's mouse-eared bat
Myotis scotti
Cape hairy bat 8
Myotis tricolor
Welwitsch's mouse-eared bat 1
Myotis welwitschii

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