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- Vespertilionidae
- Cape Serotine
mammal · Chiroptera · Vespertilionidae
Cape Serotine
Laephotis capensis (A.Smith, 1829) — also called Cape Bat, Cape House Bat, Cape Pipistrelle Bat. Occurrence records of the Cape Serotine are shared on GBIF from around 12 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Garden Route Safari Camp (6 records), in 6 provinces.
IUCN: Least concernVespertilionidae
12reserves with records
36records around them
6provinces
LCIUCN category
Where it is recorded
| Reserve | Province | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Garden Route Safari CampPrivate game reserve | WC Western Cape | 6 |
| Waterloo Farm lagerstätteProtected area | EC Eastern Cape | 5 |
| Table Mountain National ParkNational park | WC Western Cape | 4 |
| Garden Route National ParkNational park | WC Western Cape | 3 |
| Kalahari Gemsbok National ParkNature reserve | NC Northern Cape | 3 |
| Kgalagadi Transfrontier ParkTransfrontier area | NC Northern Cape | 3 |
| Tokai ParkNational park | WC Western Cape | 2 |
| Waterberg BiosphereBiosphere reserve | LP Limpopo | 2 |
| Lydenburg NatuurreservaatNature reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 2 |
| Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve | WC Western Cape | 2 |
| Samara Karoo ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 2 |
| Kruin ParkNature reserve | GP Gauteng | 2 |
By province
- Western Cape
- 5 reserves
- Northern Cape
- 2 reserves
- Eastern Cape
- 2 reserves
- Limpopo
- 1 reserve
- Mpumalanga
- 1 reserve
- Gauteng
- 1 reserve
Taxonomy
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Scientific name
- Laephotis capensis
- GBIF taxon
- 11178463
- Wikidata
- Q99937593
More of the Vespertilionidae family
Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.