Order Chiroptera Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 111 215 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352990 0-89327-235-3 7352990 Tadarida africana (Dobson, 1876) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 17: 348 . TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa , Transvaal . DISTRIBUTION: Ethiopia ; S. Sudan ; E. Zaire ; Kenya ; Malawi ; Mozambique ; South Africa . Tanzania (DLH). COMMENT: T. ventralis may be the oldest name for this species; see Kock, 1975 , Stuttgarter Beitrage Naturk., ser. A (Biol.), 272:1-7. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405016011003001.