Hipposideros ruber (Noack, 1893) . Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Oekol. Geogr. Tiere, 7:586.

TYPE LOCALITY: Tanzania, Eastern Province, Ngerengere River .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to Ethiopia, south to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Tanzania; Bioko; Principe and Sao Tome Isis.

COMMENT: Closely related to and probably conspecific with caffer; see Koopman, 1975, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 154:393.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405007008039001.