Chaerephon puntila (Cretzschmar, 1826) . In Rüppell, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr., Zool. Säugeth., 1:69.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Massawa .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to Yemen, south to South Africa; Bioko; Pemba and Zanzibar; Comoro Isis; Aldabra and Amirante Isis (Seychelles); Madagascar.

SYNONYMS: cristatus, elphicki, faini, frater, gatnbianus, hindei, langi, leucogaster, limbata, naivashae, nigri, pusillus, websteri.

COMMENTS: Includes pusillus; see Hayman and Hill (1971:64).