Bats of Comoros

Comprehensive checklist of bats of the Comoros.

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Goodman, S.M., Weyeneth, N., Ibrahim, Y., Saïd, I., Ruedi, M., 2010. A review of the bat fauna ...more ↓

Aellen's long-fingered bat

Miniopterus aelleni is a bat in the genus Miniopterus that occurs on Anjouan in the Comoros and in northern and western Madagascar. It is a small, brown bat; its forearm length is 35 to 41 mm (1.4 to 1.6 in).

Griveaud's long-fingered bat

Miniopterus griveaudi is a bat in the genus Miniopterus found on Grande Comore and Anjouan in the Comoros and in northern and western Madagascar. First described in 1959 from Grande Comore as a subspecies of the mainland African M. minor, it was later placed with the Malagasy M. manavi. However, morphological and molecular studies published in 2008 and 2009 ...more ↓

Anjouan myotis

The Anjouan myotis (Myotis anjouanensis) is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in Comoros.

Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat

Mops leucostigma is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is endemic to Madagascar and the Comoros.

Little free-tailed bat

The little free-tailed bat (Chaerephon pusillus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is endemic to the Seychelles and Comoros.

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