Hipposideros caffer (Sundevall, 1846) . Ofv. Kongl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. Stockholm, 3(4):118.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Natal, near Durban .

DISTRIBUTION: Most of subsaharan Africa except the central forested region; Morocco; Yemen; Zanzibar and Pemba.

SYNONYMS: angolensis, aurantiaca, bicornis, braima, gracilis, nanus, tephrus (see Hayman and Hill, 1971:29).