Yellow-winged bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Yellow-winged bat Lavia frons Least concern

Where the yellow-winged bat lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 109 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Lavia frons
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Megadermatidae

Where does the yellow-winged bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the yellow-winged bat in 5 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the yellow-winged bat endangered?

The yellow-winged bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the yellow-winged bat?

The yellow-winged bat (Lavia frons) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Megadermatidae, genus Lavia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the yellow-winged bat

The yellow-winged bat (Lavia frons) is one of five species of false vampire bat (family Megadermatidae) from Africa and is the only known species of its genus, Lavia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Yellow-winged bat (revision 1381276334), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q301239 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).