FIGURE 4 Maps of south-central Africa showing the distribution of Köppen–Geiger climate zones for the present (a) and projected future (2070) (b), as well as past (last glacial maximum: left panel), present (right panel), and projected future (2070; right panel) Maxent distribution models for five species groups of bats; Rhinolophus capensis group (c–e: green = R. swinnyi; blue = R. rhodesiae; orange = R. simulator; turquoise = R. capensis; red = R. denti); R. darlingi group (f–h: blue = R. cervenyi; orange = R. darlingi; red = R. damarensis), R. ferruquinum group, in part (i–k: blue = R. acrotis), Laephotis spp (l–n: blue = L. cf. botswanae; orange = L. angolensis), Cistugo spp (o–q: blue = C. lesueuri; red = C. seabrae). Details of Maxent models given in text. Ranges of species above indicated by colors corresponding to biomes recognized in this study (Tables S1 and S2) as follows: blue or green = temperate; orange = savanna; turquoise = Mediterranean; red = arid. Map lines delineate study areas and do not necessarily depict accepted national boundaries.

Published as part of Taylor, Peter J., Kearney, Teresa C., Clark, Vincent Ralph, Howard, Alexandra, Mdluli, Monday V., Markotter, Wanda, Geldenhuys, Marike, Richards, Leigh R., Rakotoarivelo, Andrinajoro R., Watson, Johan, Balona, Julio & Monadjem, Ara, 2024, Southern Africa's Great Escarpment as an amphitheater of climate-driven diversification and a buffer against future climate change in bats, pp. 1-22 in Global Change Biology (e17344) 30 (6) on page 17, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17344, http://zenodo.org/record/11657921