Little Free-tailed Bat
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Little Free-tailed Bat

Chaerephon pumilus

Overview

Kruger National Park, Tsavo East and Aberdare National Park are among 12 atlas places where the Little Free-tailed Bat is recorded. Records concentrate most in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa, as well as Mozambique and Malawi. The atlas holds 759 records of this mammal across eight countries.

Seasons for recording the Little Free-tailed Bat differ by region. Each place page shows the months when it was recorded there.

Records
759
Countries
8
Atlas places
12
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Little Free-tailed 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.

  • Kenya
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 547 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · high confidence · 114 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 38 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Mozambique
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 17 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Malawi
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 16 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Sierra Leone
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 14 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Zambia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 8 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Tanzania
    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 Little Free-tailed Bat