Rhinolophus fumigatus Rüppell, 1842 . Mus. Senckenbergianum, 3:132, 155.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia, Shoa .

DISTRIBUTION: Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Zaire, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Benin, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, South Africa .

SYNONYMS: abae, aethiops, antinorii, diversus, exsul, foxi, macrocephalus.

COMMENTS: Does not include eloquens or perauritus, but does include aethiops; see Koopman (1975:389-390).