Epomophorus gambianus (Ogilby, 1835) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1835:100.

TYPE LOCALITY: Gambia .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to W Ethiopia; S Tanzania to Angola and South Africa.

SYNONYMS: crypturus, epomophorus, guineensis, macrocephalus, megacephalus, parvus, pousarguesi, reii, tohitei, zechi.

COMMENTS: See Boulay and Robbins (1989, Mammalian Species, 344).