🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Maghreb Leaf-nosed Bat live?

Hipposideros tephrus has 983 records in 15 countries and territories, from 1934 to 2026. Most records come from Benin.

AnimaliaChordataMammaliaChiropteraHipposideridaeHipposideros

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19342026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Benin 748
Ghana 117
Nigeria 35
Senegal 14
Burkina Faso 13
Côte d'Ivoire 10
Sudan 9
Sierra Leone 8
South Sudan 8
Morocco 5
Niger 5
Mali 4
Mauritania 4
Cameroon 2
Gambia 1

Related animals

Others in the family Hipposideridae.

Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat
Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat
3,643 records
Fawn-colored Leaf-nosed Bat
Fawn-colored Leaf-nosed Bat
2,729 records
Noack's Roundleaf Bat
Noack's Roundleaf Bat
2,147 records
Sooty Roundleaf Bat
Sooty Roundleaf Bat
1,155 records
Saõ Tomé Leaf-nosed Bat
Saõ Tomé Leaf-nosed Bat
636 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.