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 Myotis bocagii (Peters, 1870) Fig. 35 E–F Vespertilio Bocagii Peters, 1870: 125 . * Myotis bocagei (Peters, 1870) . * Myotis bocagei bocagei (Peters, 1870 ) . * Myotis bocagei hildegardeae Thomas, 1904: 209 . * Myotis bocagei cupreolus Thomas, 1904: 407 . Besides 40 specimens identified to the specific level, Hayman et al. (1966: 51) recognized three subspecies, of which hildegardeae is currently included in the nominate subspecies. This agrees with a statement made by Hayman [in Fain 1953: 99 ]: “ … since the more specimens [of M. b. hildegardeae ] I see, the less I think it possible to maintain hildegardeae as a valid race”. Happold (2013 an: 692) indicates that M. b. bocagii occurs in the woodland savannah from Ethiopia to Angola and the former Transvaal, and M. b. cupreolus in the rainforest from Liberia to the DRC . In the CRB area, Hayman et al. (1966 , map 68) reported M. bocagii from the eastern part (provinces Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri, Nord-Kivu, Sud- Kivu, Tanganyika, Haut-Lomami and Haut-Katanga), Rwanda , and from the western part (provinces Kongo Central, Kinshasa and Kwilu) of the DRC . They did not report any specimens from the more central areas or from the northwestern part of the country. We were able to trace specimens from the latter area and from almost all of the northern half of the country, as well as from Rwanda and Burundi , but none from the south-central provinces (Kasaï-Central, Kasaï Oriental, Lualaba). The distribution map given by Happold (2013 an: 693) doesn’t include any of the additional northern specimens and, therefore, separates the eastern distribution patches from the western ones. Our map suggests that both are connected and that only the border zone between the DRC and Angola might not be an optimal habitat for M. bocagii .