Chaerephon leucogaster (A. Grandidier, 1869)

Fig. 25 E–F

* Nyctinomus leucogaster A. Grandidier, 1869: 337 .

In Mammals of Africa, Happold (2013v: 528) includes leucogaster in Tadarida pumila . However, we follow Peterson et al. (1995: 162) and Simmons (2005: 434) in retaining it as a separate species. Some of the forms we consider to be synonyms of leucogaster were treated as synonyms of pumilus by Hayman et al. (1966: 62): Chaerephon (Lophomops) cristatus J.A. Allen, 1917 and Chaerephon frater J.A. Allen, 1917 . Simmons (2005) indicates that the distribution area of this species extends from Ethiopia to Ghana, including Nigeria, the DRC, Mali, and Madagascar. ACR (2016: 1130) mentions furthermore specimens from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Mayotte, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia.