Order Chiroptera - Family Megadermatidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 379 380 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Lavia frons (E. Geoffroy 1810) [Megaderma] frons E. Geoffroy 1810 , Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 192 . Type Locality: Senegal . Vernacular Names: Yellow-winged Bat . Subspecies: : Subspecies Lavia frons subsp. frons E. Geoffroy 1810 Subspecies Lavia frons subsp. affinis K. Andersen and Wroughton 1907 Subspecies Lavia frons subsp. rex Miller 1905 Distribution: Senegal and Gambia to Somalia , south to Namibia , Zambia , and Malawi ; Zanzibar . Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: See Vonhof and Kalcounis (1999) .