Mauritian Tomb Bat
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Mauritian Tomb Bat

Taphozous mauritianus

Overview

Kruger National Park, Mapungubwe National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area are among the four atlas places where the Mauritian Tomb Bat is recorded. Its records concentrate in Réunion, South Africa and Madagascar. In total, the atlas holds 217 open records of this mammal across 15 countries.

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

Records
217
Countries
15
Atlas places
4
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Mauritian Tomb 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.

  • Réunion
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 168 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 30 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Madagascar
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 9 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 7 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • South Sudan
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Benin
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Eswatini
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Gambia
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Central African Republic
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon
  • Congo - Kinshasa
    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 Mauritian Tomb Bat