Lavia frons (E. Geoffroy 1810)

[Megaderma] frons E. Geoffroy 1810, Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 192.

Type Locality: Senegal.

Vernacular Names: Yellow-winged Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Lavia frons subsp. frons E. Geoffroy 1810

Subspecies Lavia frons subsp. affinis K. Andersen and Wroughton 1907

Subspecies Lavia frons subsp. rex Miller 1905

Distribution: Senegal and Gambia to Somalia, south to Namibia, Zambia, and Malawi; Zanzibar.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See Vonhof and Kalcounis (1999).