A recent inventory of the bats of Mozambique with documentation of seven new species for the country Author Monadjem, Ara All Out Africa Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Swaziland, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni, Swaziland ara@uniswacc.uniswa.sz Author Schoeman, M. Corrie School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, Republic of South Africa Author Reside, April All Out Africa, P. O. Box 153, Lobamba, Swaziland Author P Io, Dorothea V. Département d’Ecologie et Evolution, Université de Lausanne, Biophore 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland Author Stoffberg, Samantha Evolutionary Genomics Group, Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X 1, Matieland, Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa Author Bayliss, Julian Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust (MMCT), P. O. Box 139, Mulanje, Malawi & Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Author (Woody) Cotterill, F. P. D. AEON - Africa Earth Observatory Network, Departments of Geological Sciences, and Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, Republic of South Africa Author Curran, Michael Institute of Biogeography, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Vorstadt 10, CH- 4056, Switzerland Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, HIF C 13, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 15, CH- 8093 Zurich, Switzerland Durban Natural Science Museum, P. O. Box 4085, Durban, Republic of South Africa Department of Ecology and Resource Management, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Venda, Private Bag X 5050, Thohoyandou, 0950, Republic of South Africa Corresponding author: E-mail: ara @ uniswacc. uniswa. sz Author Kopp, Mirjam Institute of Biogeography, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Vorstadt 10, CH- 4056, Switzerland Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, HIF C 13, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 15, CH- 8093 Zurich, Switzerland Durban Natural Science Museum, P. O. Box 4085, Durban, Republic of South Africa Department of Ecology and Resource Management, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Venda, Private Bag X 5050, Thohoyandou, 0950, Republic of South Africa Corresponding author: E-mail: ara @ uniswacc. uniswa. sz Author Taylor, Peter J. Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, HIF C 13, Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 15, CH- 8093 Zurich, Switzerland 11 Durban Natural Science Museum, P. O. Box 4085, Durban, Republic of South Africa text Acta Chiropterologica 2010 2010-12-01 12 2 371 391 journal article 21491 10.3161/150811010X537963 d8534224-63f8-4837-bff7-f3639a531b3d 1733-5329 3944583 Scotophilus cf. viridis (Peters 1852) Twenty-five individuals were recorded from 10 sites in southern and northern Mozambique , making it the second most widespread species encountered during this study. The species has probably been overlooked in central Mozambique since it has been recorded there in the past ( Smithers and Lobão Tello, 1976 ). Toward absolving the confusion associated with the status of this taxon, the smallest yellow-bellied species of Scotophilus in Southern Africa were assigned to S. viridis by Monadjem et al. (2010) , distinct from the similar sized, but cream-bellied S. leucogaster . The recent paper by Jacobs and Barclay (2009) , assigned the name S. ‘ mhlanganii ’ for their studied population of this small, yellow-bellied Scotophilus , but this most unfortunate introduction of a nomen nudum into an already confusing taxonomy has created more problems than it solves ( Monadjem et al. , 2010 ). Field measurements: FA (adult male) 46.4 ± 1.22 (44.1–48.2, 17); Bm (adult male) 19.2 ± 2.90 (16.0– 24.5, 16); FA (adult female) 47.7 ± 2.06 (45.4–51.7, 8); Bm (adult female) 26.1 ± 7.06 (17.0–33.0, 6).