CHECKLIST OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN BATS

Source : The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion, revised by J.D. skinner & C.T. Chimimba, 3rd E

 

Common Name Scientific Name

South Africa

Gau-teng

Notes

1

Wahlberg’s epauletted fruit bat Epomophorus wahlbergi

x

x

 

2

Angolan epauletted fruit bat Epomophorus angolensis

x

 

 

3

Gambian epauletted fruit bat Epomophorus gambianus

x

 

 

4

Dobson’s fruit bat Epomops dobsonii

 

 

 

5

Straw-coloured fruit bat Eidolon helvum

x

x

 

6

Egyptian rousette Rousettus aegyptiacus

x

 

 

7

Bocage's fruit bat Lissonycteris angolensis

 

 

 

8

East African little-collared fruit bat Myonycteris relicta

 

 

 

9

African sheath-tailed bat Coleura afra

 

 

 

10

Mauritian tomb bat Taphozous mauritianus

x

x

 

11

Egyptian tomb bat Taphozous perforatus

 

 

 

12

Large-eared free-tailed bat Otomops martiensseni

x

 

 

13

Natal free-tailed bat Mormopterus acetabulosus

x

 

 

14

Flat-headed free-tailed bat Sauromys petrophilus

x

x

 

15

Midas free-tailed bat Mops midas

x

x

 

16

Angola free-tailed bat Mops condylurus

x

 

 

17

Nigerian free-tailed bat Chaerephon nigeriae

 

 

 

18

Spotted free-tailed bat Chaerephon bivittata

 

 

 

19

Chapin's free-tailed bat Chaerephon chapini

 

 

 

20

Little free-tailed bat Chaerephon pumila

x

 

 

21

Ansorge’s free-tailed bat Chaerephon ansorgei

x

 

 

22

Kenyan big-eared free-tailed bat Tadarida lobata

 

 

 

23

African free-tailed bat Tadarida ventralis

x

x

 

24

Madagascan large free-tailed bat Tadarida fulminans

x

 

 

25

Egyptian free-tailed bat Tadarida aegyptiaca

x

x

 

26

Greater long-fingered bat Miniopterus inflatus

 

 

 

27

Lesser long-fingered bat Miniopterus fraterculus

x

 

 

28

Schreibers’ long-fingered bat Miniopterus schreibersii natalensis

x

x

 

29

Anchieta's pipistrelle Hypsugo anchietae

x

 

 

30

African pipistrelle Pipistrellus hesperidus

x

 

 

31

Rusty pipistrelle Pipistrellus rusticus

x

x

 

32

Rüppell’s pipistrelle Pipistrellus ruepellii

x

 

 

33

Cape serotine bat Neoromicia capensis

x

x

 

34

Banana bat Neoromicia nanus

x

 

 

35

Rendall’s serotine bat Neoromicia rendalli

x

 

 

36

Aloe serotine bat Neoromicia zuluensis

x

 

 

37

Angolan hairy bat Cistugo seabrai

x

 

 

38

Lesueur’s hairy bat Cistugo lesueuri

x

 

 

39

Welwitsch’s hairy bat Myotis welwitschii

x

x

 

40

Temminck’s hairy bat Myotis tricolor

x

x

 

41

Rufous mouse-eared bat Myotis bocagei

x

 

 

42

Butterfly bat Glauconycteris variegata

x

 

 

43

Namib long-eared bat Laephotis namibensis

 

 

 

44

Botswana long-eared bat Laephotis botswanae

x

 

 

45

De Winton’s long-eared bat Laephotis wintoni

x

 

 

46

Long-tailed serotine bat Eptesicus hottentotus

x

 

 

47

Schreber's yellow bat Scotophilus nigrita

x

 

 

48

African yellow bat Scotophilus dinganii

x

x

 

49

Greenish yellow bat Scotophilus viridis

x

x

 

50

Schlieffen’s bat Nycticienops schlieffenii

x

 

 

51

Light-winged lesser house bat Scotoecus albofuscus

x

 

 

52

White-bellied lesser house bat Scotoecus albigula

 

 

 

53

Hinde's lesser house bat Scotoecus hindei

 

 

 

54

Thomas's flat-headed bat Mimetillus thomasi

 

 

 

55

Damara woolly bat Kerivoula argentata

x

 

 

56

Lesser woolly bat Kerivoula lanosa

x

 

 

57

Hairy slit-faced bat Nycteris hispida

x

 

 

58

Large slit-faced bat Nycteris grandis

 

 

 

59

Wood’s slit-faced bat Nycteris woodi

x

 

 

60

Large-eared slit-faced bat Nycteris macrotis

 

 

 

61

Egyptian slit-faced bat Nycteris thebaica

x

x

 

62

Hildebrandt’s horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hildebrandtii

x

 

 

63

Rüppell’s horseshoe bat Rhinolophus fumigatus

x

 

 

64

Geoffroy’s horseshoe bat Rhinolophus clivosus

x

x

 

65

Darling’s horseshoe bat Rhinolophus darlingi

x

x

 

66

Lander’s horseshoe bat Rhinolophus landeri

 

 

 

67

Blasius's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus blasii

x

x