Nycteris thebaica E. Geoffroy, 1818 . Descrip, de L'Egypte, 2: 119.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, Thebes (near Luxor) .

DISTRIBUTION: S.W. Arabia; Israel; Sinai; Egypt to Morocco, Senegal, Benin, Somalia and Kenya, thence south to South Africa in open country; Zanzibar; Pemba.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405005001012001.