Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat
Field guide
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Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat

Epomophorus wahlbergi

Overview

Garden Route, Tsavo West and Mount Kenya are among the 14 atlas parks where Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat is recorded. Its 294 records concentrate in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, South Africa and Angola. The atlas holds records of the species across eight countries. The map shows its full range within these territories rather than just a partial concentration.

Records
294
Countries
8
Atlas places
14
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit 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 · 139 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Malawi
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 54 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 39 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 35 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Angola
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 10 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 9 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Congo - Kinshasa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 5 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Mozambique
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible

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

Photographs
1 of Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat