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

Ethiopian big-eared bat
Plecotus balensis
Christie's big-eared bat
Plecotus christii
Gaisler's long-eared bat 1
Plecotus gaisleri
Canary Big-eared Bat 2
Plecotus teneriffae
Desert long-eared bat 3
Otonycteris hemprichii
Western barbastelle
Barbastella barbastellus
Eastern barbastelle 4
Barbastella leucomelas

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

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