Hipposideros commersoni (E. Geoffroy, 1813) . Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 20:263.

TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar, Fort Dauphin .

DISTRIBUTION: Gambia to Ethiopia, south to Namibia, Botswana, Transvaal (South Africa) and Mozambique; Madagascar; adjacent small islands, including Saô Thomé.

SYNONYMS: gambiensis, gigas, marungensis, mostellum, niangarae, thomensis, viegasi, vittata .