Type specimens of bats (Chiroptera: Mammalia) in the collections of the Museum f r Naturkunde, Berlin Author Turni, Hendrik Author Kock, Dieter text Zootaxa 2008 2008-09-03 1869 1 1 82 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1869.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1869.1.1 1175­5334 5133648 Vespertilio macuanus Peters, 1852 Peters, W.C.H. (1852) Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique, auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV. in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Berlin , p. 61. Valid name: Nyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774) Holotype : ZMB 3041 , skin and skull, male; Peninsula Cabaceira, Mozambique ; collected by W.H.C. Peters , between 1843 and 1847. Comment: The occurrence of N. noctula has never been confirmed for tropical Africa, rendering the type locality very dubious (see Allen 1939: 92 , and Simmons, 2005 ). The holotype agrees perfectly with Palaearctic representatives of this species and we assume an erroneous association with Peters’ Mozambique collection.