Macronycteris vittatus (Peters, 1852)

Cakenberghe, Victor Van, Tungaluna, Guy-Crispin Gembu, Akawa, Prescott Musaba, Seamark, Ernest & Verheyen, Erik, 2017, The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi revisited (Mammalia: Chiroptera), European Journal of Taxonomy 382 (382), pp. 1-327 : 32

Macronycteris vittatus (Peters, 1852)

Fig. 13 C–D

Phyllorrhina vittata Peters, 1852: 32 .

* Hipposideros commersoni marungensis ( Noack, 1887): 272 .

The distribution map for “ H. vittatus ” given by Happold (2013m: 396) indicates that this species primarily occurs in southern Africa (northern Namibia, northern Botswana, Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique) and along the coast of Kenya and southern Somalia. Additionally, she plotted a few individual localities in northern Nigeria, northern Central African Republic, southwestern Angola, Tanzania and southwestern DRC. This leaves most of the territory of the DRC without any records. Based on the records we assigned to this species (see also ACR 2016) and the climatic data, we also found a strong indication that this species primarily will occur in southern Africa, but in a wider band extending to central Angola, Zambia and southern DRC. Furthermore, we expect it to occur in a narrow band along the northern frontier of the DRC, extending into southern Cameroon and coastal West Africa. However, as indicated above, the identification of these specimens might need re-assessment.

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Fig. 13. Distribution maps. A–B. Macronycteris gigas (Wagner, 1845). C–D. Macronycteris vittatus (Peters, 1852). E–F. Cardioderma cor (Peters, 1872). A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution.