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title: "Cape serotine"
description: "Laephotis capensis — Mamíferos. The Cape serotine (Laephotis capensis) is a species of vesper bat occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/cape-serotine
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cape serotine

> Laephotis capensis — Mamíferos. The Cape serotine (Laephotis capensis) is a species of vesper bat occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa.

- Scientific name: *Laephotis capensis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 281
- iNaturalist taxon: [1431030](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1431030)

## Names

- en: Cape serotine
- de: Kap-Zwergfledermaus
- fr: Pipistrelle du Cap

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (110)

## Summary

The Cape serotine (Laephotis capensis) is a species of vesper bat occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa. 'Serotine' is from Latin 'serotinus' meaning 'of the evening'.
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Djibouti.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_serotine

## Photo

![Cape serotine](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-serotine/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dale Holder · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262518992

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cape-serotine?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).