Nycteris thebaica E. Geoffroy, 1818 . Descrip, de L'Egypte, 2:119.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, Thebes (near Luxor) .

DISTRIBUTION: Central Arabia; Israel; Sinai; Egypt to Morocco, Senegal, Benin, Somalia and Kenya, thence south to South Africa in open country; Zanzibar and Pemba.

SYNONYMS: aduna, affinis, albiventer, angolensis, aurantiaca, brockmani, capensis, damarensis, discolor, /uliginosa, labiata, media, najdiya, revoilii.