Otonycteris hemprichi Peters, 1859 . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1859:223.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, Nile Valley south of Assuan (Aswan) .

DISTRIBUTION: The desert zone from Morocco and Niger through Egypt and Arabia to Tadzhikistan, Afghanistan, and Kashmir.

SYNONYMS: cinerea, jin, leucophaeus, petersi, saharae.