The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi revisited (Mammalia: Chiroptera) Author Cakenberghe, Victor Van 9A0E1AF5-C248-4648-9D64-443112890346 University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Functional Morphology, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein, 1, B- 2610 Antwerpen (Wilrijk), Belgium. & AfricanBats NPC, 357 Botha Ave, Kloofsig, 0157, Republic of South Africa. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 9 A 0 E 1 AF 5 - C 248 - 4648 - 9 D 64 - 443112890346 & Corresponding author: Victor. VanCakenberghe @ uantwerpen. be akenberghe@uantwerpen.be Author Tungaluna, Guy-Crispin Gembu 2AE2F96F-A138-419B-B650-6DB44D535D14&4C40421C-1D84-4BD1-A444-360300ECBEEC Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. & Email: gembuguycrispin @ gmail. com & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 2 AE 2 F 96 F-A 138 - 419 B-B 650 - 6 DB 44 D 535 D 14 & Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. & Email: prescottmusaba @ yahoo. fr & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 4 C 40421 C- 1 D 84 - 4 BD 1 - A 444 - 360300 ECBEEC gembuguycrispin@gmail.com&prescottmusaba@yahoo.fr Author Akawa, Prescott Musaba Author Seamark, Ernest B60CA9A1-D288-468E-AEEB-D0F136E96F5B AfricanBats NPC, 357 Botha Ave, Kloofsig, 0157, Republic of South Africa. & Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 20 Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, Republic of South Africa. & Email: ernest. seamark @ africanbats. org & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: B 60 CA 9 A 1 - D 288 - 468 E-AEEB-D 0 F 136 E 96 F 5 B ernest.seamark@africanbats.org Author Verheyen, Erik 86B40463-E3D9-4147-9ED3-D7302E0D64B6 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences - OD Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. & University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, B- 2610 Antwerpen (Wilrijk), Belgium. & Email: erik. verheyen @ naturalsciences. be & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 86 B 40463 - E 3 D 9 - 4147 - 9 ED 3 - D 7302 E 0 D 64 B 6 erik.verheyen@naturalsciences.be text European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-12-18 382 1 327 journal article 21810 10.5852/ejt.2017.382 ea406606-dfbd-4121-9d8c-108041a032b4 2118-9773 3860077 FA508A12-9BDB-4A2B-9B0C-98FDD161443C Chaerephon pumilus (Cretzschmar, 1826) Fig. 26 E–F Dysopes pumilus Cretzschmar, 1826: 69 . * Tadarida (Chaerephon) pumila (Cretzschmar, 1826) . Hayman et al. (1966: 62 , map 95) reported this species from almost over the entire CRB area, with the exception of the northwestern and central parts of the DRC . The only more central locality is Stanleyville (= Kisangani, Tshopo Province), where a single specimen was collected in the 19 th century (RMCA 283). The additional records, we have found, seem to confirm this distribution. The distribution map given by Happold ( 2013v : 529) shows two main areas where C. pumilus occurs: one in West Africa, where it occurs from Senegal to Nigeria and northern Cameroon , although lacking in the coastal forest, and a second in eastern Africa, from the Red Sea coast in Eritrea over eastern Sudan , South Sudan and western Ethiopia , eastern DRC , Zambia , northern Zimbabwe , Malawi , Mozambique to northeastern RSA . It also occurs in southern Kenya , reaching the coast, going north into Somalia and south into Tanzania and Mozambique . Furthermore, she indicates a peculiar extension across the southern DRC to reach the Atlantic coast in Cabinda and Angola , and going south almost to the border with Namibia . ACR (2016: 387 , 1135) mentions additional records from Cameroon , Gabon and Congo which narrow the gap between the western and eastern distribution ranges. However, there still seems to be a gap in the north between 20° and 25° E in Chad , Sudan , Central African Republic and the DRC (with the exception of the single specimen from Kisangani), which might continue further in central and eastern Angola and Namibia towards the RSA . This would suggest that the western DRC specimens, as well as those from Angola , might be closer related to the specimens from western Africa than to those from the eastern part of the distribution area. A connection between the western and eastern populations might indeed be along the line suggested by Happold ( 2013v ) , but it might also be that the specimens from the Kasaï Provinces are the easternmost representatives of the western populations or the westernmost representatives of the eastern populations.