Banana Bat
Field guide
mammal ·

Banana Bat

Afronycteris nanus

Overview

Kruger National Park, Tarangire National Park and Samburu National Reserve are among the seven atlas places where the Banana Bat is recorded. Its records concentrate in South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya, though records also exist in Malawi and Angola. The atlas holds 185 records of the species across 12 countries.

Seasons for these records differ by region, and each place page shows the months when the bat was recorded there.

Records
185
Countries
12
Atlas places
7
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Banana Bat as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 63 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 31 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Malawi
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 20 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Angola
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 14 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Kenya
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 24 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Djibouti
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 7 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Congo - Kinshasa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 6 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Mozambique
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 6 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Côte d’Ivoire
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 5 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 5 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Banana Bat