Scotoecus hirundo De Winton, 1899 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 4: 355.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ghana, Gambaga .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to Ethiopia, south to Angola and Zambia.

COMMENT: Includes hindei; see Hayman and Hill, 1971, Part 2:36; Robbins, 1980, Mammalia, 44:84; but see also Hill, 1974, Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) ZooL, 27: 177-184.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014016005001 as Nycticeius hirundo .