Bats in Zambia Project

Helen Taylor-Boyd; Clare Mateke

doi:10.15468/q4updn

Bats in Zambia Project

Citation

Taylor-Boyd H, Mateke C (2019). Bats in Zambia Project. Version 1.3. Livingstone Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/q4updn accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-16.

Description

This dataset contains bat monitoring data collected by the ‘Bats in Zambia’ bat conservation and research project.

Purpose

The purpose of creating this and other datasets under the "Mobilising Bat Occurrence Data in Zambia" project was to try and collate and publish all available occurrence data relating to Zambian bat specimens that was not already published on GBIF. This is with the further aim of producing an atlas of all Zambian bat species. It is hoped that this will result in improved understanding of bat diversity and distribution in Zambia and ultimately improved conservation planning and implementation.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

This data was initially collected for the "Bats in Zambia Project", a research project established in 2014 to collate and collect data on bats in Zambia. The project was funded by the Rufford Foundation and personal donations. The Principal Investigator was Helen Taylor-Boyd.

Taxonomic Coverages

Mammalia
common name: Mammals rank: class
Chiroptera
common name: Bats rank: order

Geographic Coverages

Zambia - countrywide

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Helen Taylor-Boyd
originator
position: Researcher
Bats without Borders & Stirling University
Chimbwi Farm
Lusaka
Lusaka
ZM
Telephone: +260962060990
email: helenfromz@yahoo.com

Clare Mateke
originator
position: Keeper of Mammalogy
Livingstone Museum
P O Box 60498
Livingstone
Southern
ZM
email: cmateke@gmail.com

Clare Mateke
metadata author
position: Keeper of Mammalogy
Livingstone Museum
P O Box 60498
Livingstone
Southern
ZM
email: cmateke@gmail.com

Helen Taylor-Boyd
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Bats without Borders & Stirling University
Chimbwi Farm
Lusaka
10101
Lusaka
ZM
Telephone: +260962060990
email: helenfromz@yahoo.com

Clare Mateke
administrative point of contact
position: Keeper of Mammalogy
Livingstone Museum
P O Box 60498
Livingstone
Southern
email: cmateke@gmail.com