Genus

Tomb Bats

Taphozous

1 species in our catalog · found in 5 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassMammalia (Mammals)
OrderChiroptera (Bats)
FamilyEmballonuridae (Sheath-tailed Bats)
GenusTaphozous (Tomb Bats)

Species in this group

Taphozous mauritianus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~20%

Jan

~10%

Feb

<5%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

<5%

Jul

~10%

Aug

~10%

Sep

~20%

Oct

~20%

Nov

~10%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Tomb Bats

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Shaded: the known ranges of its 12 species, darker where more of them overlap (Mammal Diversity Database, Marsh et al. 2022). Our parks

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Ankarafantsika National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1 of 1	~40%
	Mauritian Tomb Bat			~40%
2	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	1 of 1	~20%
	Mauritian Tomb Bat			~20%
3	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	1 of 1	~10%
	Mauritian Tomb Bat			~10%
4	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 1	~10%
	Mauritian Tomb Bat			~10%
5	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1 of 1	~10%
	Mauritian Tomb Bat			~10%

Tomb Bats

Species in this group

Mauritian Tomb Bat

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Tomb Bats

Parks Ranked