Chaerephon chapini J. A. Allen 1917

Chaerephon chapini J. A. Allen 1917, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 37: 461.

Type Locality: Dem. Rep. Congo, Oriental, Faradje.

Vernacular Names: Pale Free-tailed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Chaerephon chapini subsp. chapini J. A. Allen 1917

Subspecies Chaerephon chapini subsp. lancasteri Hayman 1938

Distribution: Ghana, N Dem. Rep. Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia.

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

Discussion: plicatus species group. Apparently does not include shortridgei, see Peterson et al. (1995). See Fenton and Eger (2002), but note that they included shortridgei in this species.