The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi revisited (Mammalia: Chiroptera) Author Cakenberghe, Victor Van 9A0E1AF5-C248-4648-9D64-443112890346 University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Functional Morphology, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein, 1, B- 2610 Antwerpen (Wilrijk), Belgium. & AfricanBats NPC, 357 Botha Ave, Kloofsig, 0157, Republic of South Africa. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 9 A 0 E 1 AF 5 - C 248 - 4648 - 9 D 64 - 443112890346 & Corresponding author: Victor. VanCakenberghe @ uantwerpen. be akenberghe@uantwerpen.be Author Tungaluna, Guy-Crispin Gembu 2AE2F96F-A138-419B-B650-6DB44D535D14&4C40421C-1D84-4BD1-A444-360300ECBEEC Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. & Email: gembuguycrispin @ gmail. com & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 2 AE 2 F 96 F-A 138 - 419 B-B 650 - 6 DB 44 D 535 D 14 & Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. & Email: prescottmusaba @ yahoo. fr & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 4 C 40421 C- 1 D 84 - 4 BD 1 - A 444 - 360300 ECBEEC gembuguycrispin@gmail.com&prescottmusaba@yahoo.fr Author Akawa, Prescott Musaba Author Seamark, Ernest B60CA9A1-D288-468E-AEEB-D0F136E96F5B AfricanBats NPC, 357 Botha Ave, Kloofsig, 0157, Republic of South Africa. & Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 20 Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, Republic of South Africa. & Email: ernest. seamark @ africanbats. org & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: B 60 CA 9 A 1 - D 288 - 468 E-AEEB-D 0 F 136 E 96 F 5 B ernest.seamark@africanbats.org Author Verheyen, Erik 86B40463-E3D9-4147-9ED3-D7302E0D64B6 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences - OD Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. & University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, B- 2610 Antwerpen (Wilrijk), Belgium. & Email: erik. verheyen @ naturalsciences. be & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 86 B 40463 - E 3 D 9 - 4147 - 9 ED 3 - D 7302 E 0 D 64 B 6 erik.verheyen@naturalsciences.be text European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-12-18 382 1 327 journal article 21810 10.5852/ejt.2017.382 ea406606-dfbd-4121-9d8c-108041a032b4 2118-9773 3860077 FA508A12-9BDB-4A2B-9B0C-98FDD161443C Hipposideros caffer (Sundevall, 1846) Fig. 11 E–F Rhinolophus caffer Sundevall, 1846: 118 . * Hipposideros caffer (Sundevall, 1846) . * Hipposideros caffer caffer (Sundevall, 1846) . * Hipposideros caffer tephrus Cabrera, 1906: 358 . * Hipposideros nanus J.A. Allen, 1917: 434 . The identification of a specimen from Nagero (southern edge of the Garamba National Park, Haut-Uélé Province; RBINS 14637) as H. caffer tephrus by Hayman et al. (1966: 44) is rather strange, as this subspecies (currently considered as a separate species) occurs in Morocco and the dry sub-Saharan belt from Mauritania and Guinea to Sudan and Yemen at about 15° N ( Vallo et al. 2009 ; Bernard & Happold 2013b: 377 ). Bernard & Happold (2013b: 376) assigned the specimens from the northeastern part of the DRC to H. c. nanus and those from the western part (Kongo Central Province) to H. c. angolensis (Seabra, 1898) , leaving the remainder to H. c. caffer . Fig. 11. Distribution maps. A–B . Hipposideros abae J.A. Allen, 1917 . C–D . Hipposideros beatus (K. Anderson,1906) . E–F . Hipposideros caffer (Sundevall, 1846) . A, C, E. Distribution in the CRB area. B, D, F. Pan-African distribution. On the map presented by Bernard & Happold (2013b: 377) , the distribution of H. caffer only covers the area around the mouth of the Congo River and the eastern part of the DRC and the western frontiers of Rwanda and Burundi . Our data indicate that the species occurs much further to the west in the northern half of the DRC . We therefore believe the distribution is much more continuous, connecting the West African populations with those from Central and eastern Africa (see also ACR 2016: 164 ).