Chaerephon leucogaster (A. Grandidier 1870)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Molossidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 432-451 : 434

Chaerephon leucogaster (A. Grandidier 1870)

[Chaerephon] leucogaster (A. Grandidier 1870) , Rev. Mag. Zool., ser. 2, 21: 337.

Type Locality: Madagascar, Mahab (= Mahabo?) and Ménabé, E of Morondava.

Vernacular Names: Grandidier's Free-tailed Bat.

Synonyms: Chaerephon cristatus J. A. Allen 1917 ; Chaerephon frater J. A. Allen 1917 ; Chaerephon nigri Hatt 1928 ; Chaerephon websteri Dollman 1908 .

Distribution: Ethiopia to Ghana, Nigeria, Dem. Rep. Congo, Mali, Madagascar.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Data Deficient.

Discussion: plicatus species group. Often included in pumilus , but apparently distinct; see Peterson et al. (1995).