An African bat hotspot: the exceptional importance of Mount Nimba for bat diversity Author Monadjem, Ara All Out Africa Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Swaziland, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni, Swaziland & Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag 20, Pretoria, South Africa & Hipposideros lamottei & Corresponding author: E-mail: ara @ uniswa. sz ara@uniswa.sz Author Richards, Leigh Durban Natural Science Museum, P. O. Box 4085, Durban, South Africa Author Denys, Christiane UMR 7205, CNRS, MNHN, EPHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris VI, Institut de Systématique et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France text Acta Chiropterologica 2016 2016-12-01 18 2 359 375 journal article 21454 10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.2.005 14ec50b9-9afa-4b91-94c8-c08bb0dfc7d5 1733-5329 3942481 Casinycteris ophiodon (Pohle, 1943) A single specimen was recorded by Coe (1975) from Mt Nimba in Liberia , and a further 10 individuals were reported by Wolton et al . (1982). Hence, the proportion of this species as a function of the total number of fruit bats captured is typically very low: 0 ( n = 247 fruit bats; Verschuren, 1977), 0.5% ( n = 199; Coe, 1975 ) and 1.0% ( n = 979; Wolton et al ., 1982). This species has not been recorded at Mt Nimba since then. We follow Hassanin (2014) in placing this species in the genus Casinycteris .