Scotophilus viridis (Peters, 1852) . Reise nach Mossambique, Saugethiere, p. 67.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mozambique, Mozambique IsL, 15° S .

DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia south to Mozambique and South Africa.

COMMENT: Included in leucogaster by Hayman and Hill, 1971, Part 2: 50, but see Koopman, 1975, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 154:414-416; Schlitter, et al., 1980, Ann. Transvaal Mus., 32:231-239. According to CBR, includes nigritellus .