Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid Author Decher, Jan Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany & Corresponding author: E-mail: J. Decher @ zfmk. de echer@zfmk.de Author Hoffmann, Anke Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany Author Schaer, Juliane Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany & Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany Author N Orris, Ryan W. Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, 4240 Campus Dr., Lima, OH 45804, USA Author Kadjo, Blaise Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire Author Astrin, Jonas Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany 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, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa Author Hutterer, Rainer Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany text Acta Chiropterologica 2015 2015-12-01 17 2 255 282 journal article 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003 470b137b-05b5-468a-b37e-6a315108ecc1 1733-5329 3943621 Hypsugo sp. New material ZFMK 2008.0295 , ♀ , FC, 8 March 2008 ; ZFMK 2008.0296 , ♀ , TO , 14 March 2008 ; ZFMK 2009 . 0032, ♀ , CMR, 18 December 2008 ; ZFMK 2009 . 0029. ♂ , WSV, 12 December 2008 . We captured seven slightly larger individuals than H. crassulus (discussed above) and assigned them to the genus Hypsugo : two were captured in the canopy net over the creeks at FC, one in a forest net at TO , three over the creek in the WSV and one over the creek in gallery forest at CMR. They ranged in body mass from 7 to 14 g . One female ( ZFMK 2008.0295) carried a single embryo of 17 mm crown-rump length. In the molecular analysis ( Fig. 3 ), our four specimens grouped with a specimen from Mount Nimba ( DM 13225) tentatively labelled Neoromicia sp. 1 ( Monadjem et al. , 2013 b ) forming a sister group to H. crassulus . These specimens also have the “much reduced, small” upper anterior premolar described by Hill and Harrison (1987: 244) as a characteristic of the subgenus Hypsugo . Thus, we tentatively assign them to an unidentified species of Hypsugo . Conservation status The conservation status of this species has not yet been evaluated ( IUCN, 2015 ).