An African bat hotspot: the exceptional importance of Mount Nimba for bat diversity 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, Pretoria, South Africa & Hipposideros lamottei & Corresponding author: E-mail: ara @ uniswa. sz ara@uniswa.sz Author Richards, Leigh Durban Natural Science Museum, P. O. Box 4085, Durban, South Africa Author Denys, Christiane UMR 7205, CNRS, MNHN, EPHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris VI, Institut de Systématique et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France text Acta Chiropterologica 2016 2016-12-01 18 2 359 375 journal article 21454 10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.2.005 14ec50b9-9afa-4b91-94c8-c08bb0dfc7d5 1733-5329 3942481 Micropteropus pusillus (Peters, 1868) This was the most commonly captured fruit bat in this study, yet it was not reported from any of the older surveys in the region ( Coe, 1975 ; Verschuren, 1977; Wolton et al ., 1982). The first published mention of the occurrence of this species at Mt Nimba was by Denys et al . (2013) . However, it has been drawn to our attention that two specimens (SMF 87661 and 87682, deposited in the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt) of this species were captured by Wulf Gatter in 1982 and 1988 on the Liberian side of Mt Nimba (Jakob Fahr, in litt.), showing that it had been present in this region at least since the late 1980s. It was captured inside and outside of forested habitats on both Liberian and Guinean sides of the mountain from 500 m to 1,350 m a.s.l.