Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae (Festa, 1907)

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Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae (Festa, 1907)

Fig. 23 E–F

Nyctinomus aloysii-sabaudiae Festa, 1907: 1 .

* Tadarida (Chaerephon) aloysii-sabaudiae (Festa, 1907) .

* Tadarida (Tadarida) brunnea (Seabra, 1900) : 83.

Hayman et al. (1966: 61) mentioned one DRC record, an immature specimen from Avakubi (AMNH 48934), which according to Koopman (1965: 23) represents T. (C.) aloysiisabaudiae . They also mentioned (p. 67) one specimen from Eala (RMCA 6565, Equateur Province) belonging to T. (T.) brunnea . According to Simmons (2005: 449), Nyctinomus brunneus is a synonym of Tadarida aegyptiaca . However, Fenton & Peterson (1972: 19) re-examined this specimen and found that it represented T. aloysiisabaudiae . A third specimen was collected in Yalosemba (Mongala Province). A further specimen (RBINS 13826 from Iso.4, Garamba National Park) was identified as T. trevori by Hayman et al. (1966: 65), but was re-identified as T. aloysiisabaudiae by Peterson (1972: 2). All of these localities are in the northern part of the DRC. Fahr (2013k: 494) indicates that C. aloysiisabaudiae is mainly found in the rainforest and adjacent northern and eastern rainforest-savanna mosaics, one record very marginally in the Sudan savanna. Specimens were reported from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, DRC, South Sudan and Uganda. The SDM map suggests it might occur as far west as Liberia and as far east as central Ethiopia, western Kenya and northwestern Tanzania. Furthermore, it might extend southwards to southern DRC and northeastern Angola.

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Fig. 23. Distribution maps. A–B. Nycteris parisii (de Beaux, 1924). C–D. Nycteris thebaica E. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1818. E–F. Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae (Festa, 1907). A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution.