GNoR BIG - Checklist of SA Bats

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
68	Cape horseshoe bat	Rhinolophus capensis
69	Bushveld horseshoe bat	Rhinolophus simulator	x	x
70	Dent’s horseshoe bat	Rhinolophus denti	x
71	Swinny’s horseshoe bat	Rhinolophus swinnyi	x
72	Commerson’s roundleaf bat	Hipposideros commersoni	x
73	Sundevall’s roundleaf bat	Hipposideros caffer	x	x
74	Short-eared trident bat	Cloeotis percivali	x	x
75	Persian trident bat	Triaenops persicus

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