Lavia frons (E. Geoffroy 1810)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Megadermatidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 379-380 : 379

Lavia frons (E. Geoffroy 1810)

[Megaderma] frons E. Geoffroy 1810 , Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 192.

Type Locality: Senegal.

Vernacular Names: Yellow-winged Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Lavia frons subsp. frons E. Geoffroy 1810

Subspecies Lavia frons subsp. affinis K. Andersen and Wroughton 1907

Subspecies Lavia frons subsp. rex Miller 1905

Distribution: Senegal and Gambia to Somalia, south to Namibia, Zambia, and Malawi; Zanzibar.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See Vonhof and Kalcounis (1999).