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 Scotophilus leucogaster (Cretzschmar, 1826) Fig. 37 A–B Nycticejus leucogaster Cretzschmar, 1826: 71 . * Scotophilus leucogaster (Cretzschmar, 1826) . Hayman et al. ( 1966: 56–57 , map 82) mention one locality in the DRC (Faradje, Haut-Uélé Province), and refer to Koopman (1965: 17) who indicated that Pachyotus altilis (the name under which Allen 1917: 447 reported these specimens) is a synonym of S. l. leucogaster . Allen (1917) and Hayman et al. (1966) report on two specimens, whereas the AMNH catalog mentions three. The third specimen (AMNH 49283, a foetal specimen) has the same original number (1865) as AMNH 49015 (an adult female). Only one additional specimen has been reported since: MHNG 1896.016 from Mweya, Burundi . The map presented by Van Cakenberghe & Happold ( 2013i : 677) shows S. leucogaster to be present in a number of areas south of the Sahara: Senegal / Gambia ; Guinea / Sierra Leone ; Burkina Faso /northern Ghana to southwestern Chad ; central Sudan ; central Ethiopia ; northeastern DRC ; southwestern Zambia /northern Namibia /northern Botswana /western Zimbabwe . They also plotted individual records from Mauritania , Côte d’Ivoire , Central African Republic , Uganda , Kenya , western Angola and Namibia , and Mozambique . The SDM map suggests a sub-Saharan distribution, with a northward extention along the River Nile. The species probably will not occur in eastern Ethiopia , Eritrea or Somalia , in the central African rain forest or in southern Africa, except for the northeastern tip of the RSA and southern Mozambique .