Hipposideros beatus K. Andersen, 1906 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 17:279.

TYPE LOCALITY: Equatorial Guinea, Rio Muni, 15 mi. (24 km) from Benito River .

DISTRIBUTION: Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Rio Muni (Equatorial Guinea), Gabon, N Zaire.

SYNONYMS: maximus.