Neoromicia rendalli (Thomas, 1889)

Fig. 44 E–F

Vesperugo (Vesperus) Rendalli Thomas, 1889: 362 .

* Eptesicus rendalli (Thomas, 1889) .

Hayman et al. (1966: 47, map 58) mention primarily specimens from the Garamba National Park area (Haut Uélé Province), and some single records from the provinces of Ituri, Tanganyika, Kasaï Central and Tshuapa. They also mention a specimen from Butembo (Nord-Kivu Province; RMCA 26585), but that specimen should be an Epomophorus anurus [= E. labiatus] (Wim Wendelen, pers. comm.). The patchy distribution map given by Van Cakenberghe & Happold (2013g: 646) shows three red zones in the CBR area: one in the northeastern part of the DRC reaching northern Rwanda, a second in the northwestern part on the boundary between the DRC, Congo and the Central African Republic and a third in the province of Haut-Lomami towards Kasaï. Based on climatic data, our general map suggests a more continuous sub-Saharan distribution from about 15° N to 15° S (following the borders between Angola / Namibia and Zambia / Botswana + Zimbabwe) and further south to southern Mozambique and Swaziland, with possibly the exception of the central Congolese rain forest.