Chaerephon nigeriae Thomas 1913

Chaerephon nigeriae Thomas 1913, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 11: 319.

Type Locality: Nigeria, Northern Region, Zaria Province.

Vernacular Names: Nigerian Free-tailed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Chaerephon nigeriae subsp. nigeriae Thomas 1913

Subspecies Chaerephon nigeriae subsp. spillmani Monard 1933

Distribution: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Ghana, Togo, and Nigeria to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, Ethiopia south to Namibia, Botswana, Uganda, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.

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

Discussion: plicatus species group. Reviewed in part by Nader and Kock (1979), Harrison and Bates (1991), and Taylor (1999); also see Willis et al. (2002).