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 Eptesicus hottentotus (A. Smith, 1833) . S. Afr. J., 2:59 . TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa , Cape Province , Uitenhage . DISTRIBUTION: South Africa to Angola and Kenya . SYNONYMS: angusticeps, bensoni, megalurus, pallidior, portavernus, smithi . COMMENTS: Subgenus Eptesicus . Revised by Schütter and Aggundey (1986) .