Rüppell's Horseshoe Bat
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Rüppell's Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus fumigatus

Overview

Kruger National Park, Aberdare National Park and Lake Nakuru National Park are the three atlas places where the Rüppell's Horseshoe Bat is recorded. Records of this mammal concentrate in Kenya, South Africa, Angola, Malawi and Nigeria. The atlas contains 228 records of the species across nine countries.

Because these records span both hemispheres, the recorded seasons differ by region. Each place page shows the particular months when the bat is recorded there.

Records
228
Countries
9
Atlas places
3
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Rüppell's Horseshoe 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 · high confidence · 136 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Angola
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 22 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 33 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Malawi
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 21 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Nigeria
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 10 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Mozambique
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Burkina Faso
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 2 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon
  • Congo - Kinshasa
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon
  • Senegal
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon

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

Photographs
1 of Rüppell's Horseshoe Bat