Order Chiroptera Author Karl F. Koopman text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 137 241 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353060 54c9783b-6624-4034-96d9-d09afe43b319 1-56098-217-9 7353060 Pipistrellus nanus (Peters, 1852) . Reise nach Mossambique, Säugethiere, p. 63 . TYPE LOCALITY: Mozambique , Inhambane . DISTRIBUTION: South Africa to Ethiopia , Sudan , Niger, Mali, and Senegal ; Madagascar ; Pemba and Zanzibar . SYNONYMS: abaensis, africani, culex , fouriei , helios , minusculus , pagenstecheri, pusillulus, stampflii . COMMENTS: Subgenus Pipistrelli. The oldest name for this species is africani; see Koopman (1975:400) .