identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
039C0121FFFFFFD8761AF9BF1D4556DB.text	039C0121FFFFFFD8761AF9BF1D4556DB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eidolon helvum (Kerr 1792)	<div><p>Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792)</p><p>A single female of this large gregarious fruit bat species was captured on 17 March 2008 on the ridge at the end of the road to Pic de Foko (PF) high in the canopy net. During the 2002 RAP two individuals were recorded in similar habitat (W2, 1350 m). Eidolon helvum is already known from the Guinean side of Mount Nimba (Aellen, 1963). Verschuren (1976) and Wolton et al. (1982) captured single E. helvum on the Liberian side of Nimba in September and February, respectively. Eidolon helvum has been shown to be a migrant from its prime habitat, forest belt of West Africa, to areas reaching into the Sahel belt (Thomas, 1983). These migratory movements of E. helvum have recently been studied in more detail (Ossa et al., 2012; Sapir et al., 2014).</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Near Threatened. Population trend is decreasing. According to IUCN E. helvum “...is being seriously over-harvested for food and medicine, making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable.” (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFFFFFD8761AF9BF1D4556DB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFFFFFDA744EFD061B0A5550.text	039C0121FFFFFFDA744EFD061B0A5550.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Epomops buettikoferi (Matschie 1899)	<div><p>Epomops buettikoferi (Matschie, 1899)</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0276, ♂, 25 February 2008; 0017, ♀, W1, 4 December 2008.</p><p>We captured four individuals of this fruit bat over the creek in the forested ravine at W1; one over the rocky creek rapids at TO and three at the CMR site. During the 2002 RAP three captures were recorded at BK (Fahr and Ebigbo, 2004). During the 2003 RAP E. buettikoferi was recorded at Diécké and Mount Béro (Fahr et al., 2006). It was also recorded at Guinean Mount Nimba, at elevations between 500 and 1,000 m (Verschuren, 1976), where Denys et al. (2013) found it to be the second most abundant species. Wolton et al. (1982) captured it on the Liberian side of Mount Nimba and found no marked altitude preference. There is a record from Diari (Saala River) in the Fouta Djallon (Weber and Fahr, 2007 b) and another from the Parc National du Haute Niger (ZFMK 1997.0435), which was initially identified as E. franqueti (Ziegler et al., 2002) . The northernmost locality in Guinea is Kankasili (10°11’N, 12°29’W). In Côte d’Ivoire, 57% of E. buettikoferi localities were in the rainforest, 28% in forest-savannah mosaic, and 15% in different types of savannah (Fahr, 1996). On Liberian Mount Nimba, the fruiting plants Solanum torvum and S. erianthum, colonizers of disturbed areas, were identified as the most important fruits visited (Wolton et al., 1982).</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern. This species was downgraded from Vulnerable to Least Concern when it was found to have a broader distribution than previously thought, to exist in relatively large numbers in protected areas, and to tolerate habitat modification. Nevertheless, E. buettikoferi is considered to have a decreasing population trend (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFFFFFDA744EFD061B0A5550	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFFDFFDA7450FE8D1A2A50F8.text	039C0121FFFDFFDA7450FE8D1A2A50F8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Epomophorus gambianus (Ogilby 1835)	<div><p>Epomophorus gambianus (Ogilby, 1835)</p><p>One subadult (FA = 74 mm) female of this common West African fruit bat was caught at CMR on 19 December 2008. During the 2002 RAP one individual of this species was recorded from Banko on the west side of the Simandou Ridge (Fahr and Ebigbo, 2003, 2004). The species is not as abundant at Pic de Fon as expected based on its frequency in other parts of West Africa, and it is completely absent from Mount Nimba to the south. There are records from Conakry and the Parc National de Haute Niger, in Guinea (Ziegler et al., 2002). In the Fouta Djallon region the species is known from only a few localities. This was attributed to “marginally suitable habitat” (Weber and Fahr, 2007 b:11). Epomophorus gambianus is a woodland and savannah species that is generally common in West Africa with a distribution reaching into the Central African Republic and a disjunct area in Ethiopia (Happold, 2013 a).</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern with an unknown population trend (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFFDFFDA7450FE8D1A2A50F8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFFDFFD57447FB261FA153E8.text	039C0121FFFDFFD57447FB261FA153E8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Micropteropus pusillus (Peters 1867)	<div><p>Micropteropus pusillus (Peters, 1867)</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0277, ♀, W1; ZFMK 2008.0321 +0322, ♀♀, W1; ZFMK 2008.0277, ♂, all 25 February 2008; ZFMK 2009.0019, ♀, PF, 10 December 2008 .</p><p>With 130 individuals captured at all localities, with the exception of FC and TO, this was the most common bat species captured in this study and dominated the high forest sites. During the 2002 RAP 19 individuals of this species were recorded at W2 and BK (Fahr and Ebigbo, 2004). At Mt. Béro only one individual was captured during the 2003 RAP (Fahr et al., 2006). Denys et al. (2013) documented it at Guinean Mount Nimba. Weber and Fahr (2007 b) mention several occurences in the Fouta Djallon and also summarized many earlier captures in that region. In Côte d’Ivoire, Fahr (1996) found 69% of M. pusillus localities in savannah 18% in forestsavannah mosaic and 12% in the rainforest. The northernmost locality for M. pusillus was Bamako, Mali, and the highest altitude at which this bat was captured was 1,800 m at Mount Cameroon (Eisentraut, 1973).</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern; its population trend is considered stable (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFFDFFD57447FB261FA153E8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFF2FFD47478F9641CF1510D.text	039C0121FFF2FFD47478F9641CF1510D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Myonycteris angolensis subsp. smithii (Thomas 1908)	<div><p>Myonycteris angolensis smithii (Thomas, 1908)</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2009.0018, ♀, FC, 7 March 2008.</p><p>We follow recent molecular systematic work by Nesi et al. (2013) in synonymising Lissonycteris with Myonycteris . Seven individuals of this midsized fruit bat were captured, one at W1 and three at FC, flying over the creek at the same time as the larger Rousettus aegyptiacus . Two were caught at PF, a submontane ridge habitat reminiscent of Mount Nimba, where Brosset (1984) found it to be the only pteropodid species in the submontane grassland (‘prairie d’altitude’). Only one male captured over the creek in the WSV displayed the “stiff-haired tawny collar” described by Rosevear (1965: 87). This species was not recorded during the 2002 RAP at Pic de Fon, but was recorded during the 2003 RAP from Mount Béro (Fahr et al., 2006). This species was the fourth most abundant fruit bat in Guinean Mount Nimba (Denys et al., 2013) and the second most abundant species at Liberian Mount Nimba (Wolton et al., 1982). Nimba captures were mostly between 500 m and 1,500 m altitude (Coe, 1975; Verschuren, 1976; Denys et al., 2013). Numerous localities in the Fouta Djallon region of Guinea were summarized by Weber and Fahr (2007 b). Myonycteris angolensis roost gregariously in caves and hollow trees (Rosevear, 1965). Verschuren (1976) observed that in contrast to R. aegyptiacus, M. angolensis frequented higher elevations and more open habitats. Brosset (1984) also found altitudinal segregation between the two species. Wolton et al. (1982) observed a decline in the percentage of mature males from 34.3% to 15.6% after 10 August at Mount Nimba speculating that males left the area, perhaps leaving behind all-female maternity colonies.</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern with a decreasing population trend mainly due to habitat loss (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFF2FFD47478F9641CF1510D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFF3FFD477D3FA481A3256FB.text	039C0121FFF3FFD477D3FA481A3256FB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Myonycteris leptodon (Dobson 1878)	<div><p>Myonycteris leptodon (Dobson, 1878)</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0278, ♀, FC, 7 March 2008.</p><p>The single female was caught low in the canopy net at FC. Fahr and Ebigbo (2004) reported capturing three individuals of this species at BK during the 2002 RAP. Other Guinée Forestière records are from Mont Richard Molard (Nimba), Mount Béro, Ziama, Mount Nimba (Verschuren, 1976; Brosset, 1984; Bützler, 1994; Lamotte and Roy, 1998; Fahr et al., 2006; Denys et al., 2013) and a specimen from the Parc National du Haute Niger to the north of Simandou (ZFMK 1997.0419; Ziegler et al., 2002). On the Liberian side of Mount Nimba M. leptodon was one of the most abundant fruit bats recorded at all altitudes up to 1,350 m (Coe, 1975; Verschuren, 1976; Wolton et al., 1982). This species was shown to be migratory in Côte d’Ivoire (Thomas, 1983), with a migratory pattern following the shift of the intertropical convergence zone and resultant rain patterns. Both sexes migrate north at the beginning of the rainy season but females returned earlier to the rainforest zone. We follow recent molecular systematic evidence by Nesi et al. (2013) in elevating the West African subspecies leptodon of M. torquatus to species level.</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern. Population trend considered stable (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFF3FFD477D3FA481A3256FB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFF3FFD47469FD261A3253E8.text	039C0121FFF3FFD47469FD261A3253E8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rousettus aegyptiacus subsp. unicolor (Gray 1870)	<div><p>Rousettus aegyptiacus unicolor (Gray, 1870)</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0279, ♀, FC, 7 March 2008.</p><p>This was the second most common bat species of the survey with 53 individuals captured, 33 at FC, two at TO, three at PF, and 15 in the WSV. The 2002 RAP found two individuals at the high (W2) and 85 individuals at the low (BK) elevation site at Simandou, making it the second most commonly caught bat after Hipposideros fuliginosus in 2002. Rousettus aegyptiacus uses caves and mine tunnels as roosts being one of the few pteropodid species that is capable of echolocation (Rosevear, 1965). Between 28 November and 2 December 2002 the RAP team visited a cave on the east slope of Pic de Fon with ‘a few thousand individuals’ of R. aegyptiacus where they observed and photograph- ed females in parturition (see photos in Mc- Cullough, 2004). When we checked this cave on 3 December 2008 it contained just one individual. Fahr et al. (2006) reported 28 R. aegyptiacus from Mt. Béro. At Mount Nimba this species occurs from 540–1,200 m elevation (Verschuren, 1976; Wolton et al., 1982; Denys et al., 2013), and at Mount Cameroon up to 1,600 m (Eisentraut, 1973). Our findings at Simandou indicate that R. aegyptiacus frequently uses creeks and rivers as flight corridors. Two studies found the nocturnal travel distances of R. aegyptiacus to be 24 and 11 km, respectively (Thomas and Fenton, 1978; Jacobsen et al., 1986).</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern. Population trend considered stable (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFF3FFD47469FD261A3253E8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFF0FFD777ECFF211F74503F.text	039C0121FFF0FFD777ECFF211F74503F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Nycteris gambiensis (K. Andersen 1912)	<div><p>Nycteris gambiensis (K. Andersen, 1912)</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0280, ♂, TO, 15 March 2008.</p><p>The single male caught in the forest at TO was the only nycterid bat detected in our study. The 2002 RAP also recorded one Nycteris grandis at W2 (Fahr and Ebigbo, 2004). The 2003 RAP verified N. arge from Mt. Béro and N. grandis from Diécké and mentions an unpublished record of N. gambiensis from Ziama (Fahr et al., 2006). Weber and Fahr (2007 b) did not obtain new records of this bat from the Fouta Djallon Region but mentioned earlier records (Eisentraut and Knorr, 1957; Konstantinov et al., 2000), cautioning that these may have been confused with the very similar N. thebaica . There is a specimen from Parc National du Haute Niger in the ZFMK labelled N. thebaica (ZFMK 1997.0450). Day roosts of N. gambiensis are in rock and ground caves, buildings, and roofs. Nycteris gambiensis is a species of the more humid savannahs and forestsavannah mosaic (Fahr, 1996).</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern. Population trend is unknown (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFF0FFD777ECFF211F74503F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFF0FFD777E3FB261A7B5787.text	039C0121FFF0FFD777E3FB261A7B5787.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhinolophus guineensis Eisentraut 1960	<div><p>Rhinolophus guineensis Eisentraut, 1960</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0281, ♀, PF, 17 March 2008; ZFMK 2009.0020, ♀, PF, 9 December 2008; ZFMK 2009.0022, ♂ and ZFMK 2009.0023, ♀, WSV, 12 December 2008 .</p><p>The two individuals at PF were caught at the western edge of a small patch of submontane forest among large boulders, which probably served as roosting places for this species. Three specimens at WSV were caught flying over the creek. The 2002 RAP documented R. guineensis from both high elevation W2 and lowland BK, and the 2003 RAP encountered it at Déré and Mt. Béro Forest Reserves (Fahr and Ebigbo, 2004; Fahr et al., 2006). Brosset (1984) reported two torpid specimens between 1,450 and 1,600 m at Mount Nimba, and it was the most abundant Rhinolophus captured above 1,400 m on Guinean Mount Nimba (Denys et al., 2013). It has been recorded from several localities in the Fouta Djallon, most of them associated with caves (Eisentraut and Knorr, 1957; Konstantinov et al., 2000; Weber and Fahr, 2007 b; Fahr, 2013 f). Rhinolophus guineensis was described by Eisentraut (1960) as a large subspecies (FA = 46 mm) of R. landeri, but Böhme and Hutterer (1978) showed that the two morphologically distinct subspecies R. l. guineensis and R. l. landeri should be treated as separate species. Two females caught at PF and WSV in December carried embryos of 6 and 10 mm crown-rump length, respectively. Konstantinov et al. (2000) reported a female with a small embryo in March in a cave near Kindia, Guinea. In Senegal the species was found twice roosting in hollow trees (Böhme and Hutterer, 1978).</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Vulnerable. IUCN Justification: “because its area of occupancy is probably less than 2,000 km ² (roosting caves), its distribution is severely fragmented, there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest and cave habitats.” Population trend is unknown (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFF0FFD777E3FB261A7B5787	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFF0FFD774ABFBF21DE653E8.text	039C0121FFF0FFD774ABFBF21DE653E8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rhinolophus landeri Martin 1837	<div><p>Rhinolophus landeri Martin, 1837</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0282 +0283, ♀♀, W1, 3 March 2008; ZFMK 2009.0021, ♂, PF, 9 December 2008 .</p><p>A total of four individuals of this common West African rhinolophid were captured, two over the creek in the W1 ravine, one at PF, and one in the WSV. One female caught at W1 on 3 March 2008 carried a 23 mm long embryo (crown-rump length). Small aggregations of this bat are most likely roosting together with other species in the cliffs, caves, and hollow trees found at the top of the W1 ravine and in the rocks on the west side of the hilltop at PF, which had already been partially clear-cut and mark- ed for bulldozing when we re-visited it in December 2008. One individual of this species was caught in a harp trap during the Pic de Fon RAP at the Banko forest site (Fahr and Ebigbo, 2004). This species roosts in caves, abandoned mines, and occasionally hollow trees or roofs (Fahr, 1996; Happold, 2013 b). At Mount Cameroon R. landeri was found at elevations up to 1,250 m (Fedden and McLeod, 1986).</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern. Population trend is unknown (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFF0FFD774ABFBF21DE653E8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFF1FFD677FFFF221CA05095.text	039C0121FFF1FFD677FFFF221CA05095.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hipposideros fuliginosus (Temminck 1853)	<div><p>Hipposideros fuliginosus (Temminck, 1853)</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0284, ♀, W1, 3 March 2008.</p><p>Only one female was caught in the ravine forest at W1. However, during the 2002 RAP, this was the most abundant species caught with 99 individuals at the high elevation site (W2) and 17 individuals at the low elevation site (BK) (Fahr and Ebigbo, 2004). During the 2003 RAP this species was not recorded from the potential offset sites at Simandou (Fahr et al., 2006). In Liberia H. fuliginosus was recorded from North Lorma National Forest and characterized as a “rarely recorded and forest-dependent species” (Monadjem and Fahr, 2007: 54). Its habitat extends along riverine forest belts into drier mosaic habitats both altitudinally and latitudinally: it lives in small colonies in hollow trees, sometimes associated with H. cf. ruber (Fahr, 2013 a) . The female caught on 3 March 2008 carried an embryo of 22 mm crown-rump length.</p><p>Conservation status: Least Concern. Population trend is decreasing. A major threat is habitat loss, as this species does not seem to occur in degraded forest (IUCN, 2015). The species is known from about 25 disjunct localities between Sierra Leone and western Uganda (Fahr, 2013 a). Given the numbers recorded during the 2002 RAP, the Simandou Range is an important stronghold for this species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFF1FFD677FFFF221CA05095	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFF1FFD677C3FAC11B7E56DB.text	039C0121FFF1FFD677C3FAC11B7E56DB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hipposideros jonesi Hayman 1947	<div><p>Hipposideros jonesi Hayman, 1947</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0286 and 0287, ♀♀, W1, 25 February 2008; ZFMK 2008.0285, ♂, OU, 3 March 2008 .</p><p>Six individuals of this large-eared species were captured in the W1 ravine forest, one in the submontane savannah on the ridge at OU, and one in a net placed in front of boulders near submontane forest at PF. During the 2002 RAP just one individual was recorded from high elevation at W2 (Fahr and Ebigbo, 2004). The species is known from the Fouta Djallon region (Weber and Fahr, 2007 b) and from central parts of Guinea (Eisentraut and Knorr, 1957; Konstantinov et al., 2000). This species is restricted to West Africa where it is known from a number of scattered localities (Rosevear, 1965; Fahr, 2013 b). The distribution of this bat is closely tied to the availability of caves or disused mine tunnels. At Simandou, H. jonesi most likely roosts in small caves or crevices in cliffs at the top of the ravine, possibly all the way to forested hilltops such as the Foko site. Whereas all of our captures seemed to be of a grey-brown colour phase, both Eisentraut and Knorr (1957) and Konstantinov et al. (2000) recorded capturing brown-red (‘yellow’), grey-brown (‘grey’) and intermediate colour phases. The female from OU captured on 25 February 2008 carried an embryo of 21 mm crown-rump length. Konstantinov et al. (2000) recorded one pregnant female in July.</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Near Threatened. Population trend is decreasing due to its dependency on caves (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFF1FFD677C3FAC11B7E56DB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFF1FFD17446FD061FAC57CB.text	039C0121FFF1FFD17446FD061FAC57CB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hipposideros ruber (Noack 1893)	<div><p>Hipposideros cf. ruber (Noack, 1893)</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0289, ♂ W1, 25 February 2008; ZFMK 2008.0288, ♂, FC, 9 March 2008, ZFMK 2008.0290, ♀, TO, 14 March 2008; ZFMK 2009. 0027, ♀, PF, 9 March 2008; ZFMK 2009.0028, ♀, WSV, 13 December 2008 .</p><p>Hipposideros ruber has been shown to represent a species complex with at least three species occurring in West Africa (Vallo et al., 2008, 2011), of which two co-occur syntopically on Mount Nimba (Monadjem et al., 2013 a), but these taxa have yet to be named. Hence, we provisionally include all Simandou records previously named H. caffer and H. ruber in H. cf. ruber .</p><p>Twelve individuals of this bat were captured, three in the ravine forest at W1, one each in the canopy net over creeks in closed evergreen forest at FC and TO, one in the rocky submontane forest at PF, and six in the canopy net over the creek in the WSV. During the 2002 RAP, two individuals were caught in a harp trap at W2 and eight at BK (Fahr and Ebigbo, 2004). During the 2003 RAP, one individual each was recorded from the Diécké and Mt. Béro Forest Reserves (Fahr et al., 2006). Weber and Fahr (2007 b) reviewed records from numerous localities in the Fouta Djallon Region of Guinea and pointed out that several older specimens from the region identified as H. fuliginosus and H. caffer spp. belonged to H. ruber complex. An earlier specimen (ZFMK 1959.0183) labelled H. ruber guineensis collected by H. Knorr in a cave at the base of Kelesi Mountain, Tahiré (Kindia), Guinea, matches our series in external measurements. Hipposideros cf. ruber was also reported from the Parc National du Haute Niger (ZFMK 1997.0441–0443; Ziegler et al., 2002) and from Kinadou and Sérédou in the Ziama Forest of Guinea (Roche, 1971; Bützler, 1994). In Côte d’Ivoire, Fahr (1996) found about 70% of H. cf. ruber occurring in the rainforest zone and 30% in the forest-savannah mosaic and savannah formations. At Liberian Mount Nimba, this species roosted at 500–700 m elevation using “disused mine tunnels, large mammal holes and caves (usually near water)”; there was some indication that females and their young roost apart from males (Wolton et al., 1982: 444). At Guinean Mount Nimba, Denys et al. (2013) reported six captures from a range of elevations. We found the large ectoparasitic bat fly, Penicillida allisoni Theodor, 1968 ( Nycteribiidae), on the heads and necks of this species; this fly was previously recorded from H. cf. ruber at Mount Nimba (Wolton et al., 1982).</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern. This species is widespread in West and Central Africa. Population trend is unknown (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFF1FFD17446FD061FAC57CB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFF6FFD177C2FAAF1A9B567D.text	039C0121FFF6FFD177C2FAAF1A9B567D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hypsugo crassulus (Thomas 1904)	<div><p>Hypsugo crassulus (Thomas, 1904)</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0299, ♀, FC, 8 March 2008; ZFMK 2008.0030, ♂, WSV, 12 December 2008 .</p><p>Five specimens of this tiny vespertilionid were captured at Simandou, two at FC and three at WSV. One female from FC carried an embryo of 14 mm crown-rump length. In the consensus topology (Fig. 3) our specimens grouped with sequences labelled H. c. bellieri from Mount Nimba, Liberia, and H. eisentrauti from Côte d’Ivoire in Monadjem et al. (2013 b) but are now labelled H. crassulus (see Appendix for cross reference). Simmons (2005) considers bellieri to be a synonym of crassulus and she limits eisentrauti to the Cameroon highlands eastwards to Somalia, Kenya and Rwanda. Fahr (2013 d) discusses the species as Pipistrellus crassulus with specimens from seven localities in Guinea, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire as belonging to the subspecies P. c. bellieri. We tentatively consider the entire Hypsugo clade shown in Fig. 3 as H. crassulus .</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern (as Pipistrellus crassulus). Considered “widespread and not rare” but the population trend is unknown (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFF6FFD177C2FAAF1A9B567D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFF6FFD17328FDB81A8A5262.text	039C0121FFF6FFD17328FDB81A8A5262.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hypsugo Kolenati 1856	<div><p>Hypsugo sp.</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0295, ♀, FC, 8 March 2008; ZFMK 2008.0296, ♀, TO, 14 March 2008; ZFMK 2009. 0032, ♀, CMR, 18 December 2008; ZFMK 2009. 0029. ♂, WSV, 12 December 2008 .</p><p>We captured seven slightly larger individuals than H. crassulus (discussed above) and assigned them to the genus Hypsugo: two were captured in the canopy net over the creeks at FC, one in a forest net at TO, three over the creek in the WSV and one over the creek in gallery forest at CMR. They ranged in body mass from 7 to 14 g. One female (ZFMK 2008.0295) carried a single embryo of 17 mm crown-rump length. In the molecular analysis (Fig. 3), our four specimens grouped with a specimen from Mount Nimba (DM 13225) tentatively labelled Neoromicia sp. 1 (Monadjem et al., 2013 b) forming a sister group to H. crassulus . These specimens also have the “much reduced, small” upper anterior premolar described by Hill and Harrison (1987: 244) as a characteristic of the subgenus Hypsugo . Thus, we tentatively assign them to an unidentified species of Hypsugo .</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>The conservation status of this species has not yet been evaluated (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFF6FFD17328FDB81A8A5262	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFF6FFD17650FC361F4B5172.text	039C0121FFF6FFD17650FC361F4B5172.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Vespertilionidae	<div><p>Vespertilionidae</p><p>After initial sorting into morpho-species, specimens were tentatively assigned to the genera Hypsugo, Neoromicia or Pipistrellus . Sequences of part of the COI gene were then compared with those obtained by Monadjem et al. (2013 b) for specimens from Mount Nimba and additional GenBank specimens in a combined Bayesian consensus topology (Appendix, Fig. 3).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFF6FFD17650FC361F4B5172	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFF6FFD074BAF95F1ED357EA.text	039C0121FFF6FFD074BAF95F1ED357EA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Mimetillus moloneyi (Thomas 1891)	<div><p>Mimetillus moloneyi (Thomas, 1891)</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0303, ♂, FC, 7 March 2008.</p><p>Fifteen individuals of this vespertilionid were captured in lowland closed evergreen forest at FC in the canopy net over a creek. This species was not captured during the 2002 RAP (Fahr and Ebigbo, 2004), but the 2003 RAP reported it from “gallery forest of the Kpogo River” at Mount Béro (Fahr et al., 2006: 172), and these authors also mentioned unpublished museum records from Ziéla, Mount Nimba, and one specimen from Sérédou, Ziama as being the first records from Guinea. Monadjem and Fahr (2007) also mention three specimens in the Smithsonian Institution (USNM) from Gola Forest in Liberia. Most West African records appear to be from the closed evergreen forest with some records along the semi-evergreen forest as far north as Sakpa (8°52’N, 2°21’W) in Ghana (Schmidt et al., 2008). This species is known to roost in crevices under tree bark as well as in roofs of houses (Fahr, 2013 c). Our 15 captures from FC point to a substantial roost somewhere upstream towards the Foko Ridge. According to Fahr (2013 c) these specimens belong to the subspecies M. m. moloneyi .</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern. Considered widespread and not rare but the population trend is unknown (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFF6FFD074BAF95F1ED357EA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFF7FFCE761BFBD71C18554D.text	039C0121FFF7FFCE761BFBD71C18554D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoromicia isabella Decher & Hoffmann & Schaer & N Orris & Kadjo & Astrin & Monadjem & Hutterer 2015	<div><p>Neoromicia isabella sp. nov. Decher, Hutterer and Monadjem</p><p>Isabelline White-winged Serotine</p><p>Neoromicia cf. rendalli; Monadjem et al., 2013 b</p><p>Holotype</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0292, field number JD 650, collected by Jan Decher on 7 March 2008. Adult male in reproductive condition (testes 5 × 4 mm), preserved in 70% ethanol, skull extracted. Tissue preserved (COI sequence GenBank no. KT598187).</p><p>Type locality</p><p>Guinea, Province Macenta, Simandou Range, Foko Confluence, 8°29’48.62’’N, 8°54’48.22’’W, ca. 765 m a.s.l., captured in net set across creek in rainforest.</p><p>Paratype</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0291, field number JD 647; adult female (pregnant with 1 embryo), preserved in ethanol. Netted same day and place as holotype.</p><p>Referred specimen</p><p>DM 12619, Mount Nimba, Liberia ; reported as Neoromicia cf. rendalli by Monadjem et al. (2013 b); COI sequence deposited under GenBank no. JX508832 .</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>A medium-sized pipistrelloid bat of the genus Neoromicia, based on the presence of a single upper premolar (Hill and Harrison, 1987) with white wings; only likely to be confused with N. tenuipinnis (slightly smaller and different pelage colour, see below) and N. rendalli (larger). Dorsal and ventral surface of wings pure white (as in N. tenuipinnis), tips of dorsal pelage light rusty orange-brown (‘isabelline’), not dark brown (as in N. tenuipinnis). Baculum similar in shape to N. rendalli but smaller. COI sequence different from that of both N. tenuipinnis and N. rendalli (Fig. 3).</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The species epithet refers (as a noun in apposition) to the ‘Isabella’ colouration (sensu Ridgeway, 1912) of the dorsal fur of this bat, and also recalls the name of Jan Decher’s daughter Isabelle.</p><p>Description</p><p>Neoromicia isabella sp. nov. is similar in size and general colour pattern to N. tenuipinnis (Table 3, Figs. 4 and 5) but slightly larger in total length, forearm length, and body mass (Table 3). Tail length is 34% of the total length in the holotype, and 37% on average. This value in the holotype of N. rendalli (Thomas, 1889) is 49%, and in the holotype of N. tenuipinnis 39% (Peters, 1872). The tips of the dorsal hairs are of a light isabelline colour (Ridgeway, 1912), much lighter than in N. tenuipinnis (compare Figs. 4 and 5). The dorsal hairs are 4.5 mm long. Ears, lips, wings, uropatagium, and hindfeet are almost white and covered by very short hairs; only the ear tips and dorsal surfaces of forearm, hindfeet and tail have a pale brownish hue.</p><p>Ear length is 10 mm in the holotype of N. isabella (10–13 mm, n = 3), and its tip is rounded (Fig. 4). The tragus of the holotype (Fig. 6) is 4.2 mm long, and represents 42% of the ear length. A small notch is present at the basis of the anterior surface. Compared to illustrations of N. tenuipinnis and N. rendalli in Rosevear (1965) and specimens in ZFMK and DM, the tragus of N. isabella is similar to that of N. tenuipinnis (tragus length estimated from figure: 3.9 mm) but the shape of the notch is different (Fig. 6).</p><p>The penis of the holotype specimen is 6.4 mm long and covered by short whitish hairs. A digital x -ray of its baculum is shown in Fig. 7A in a semilateral view. It is slightly longer (3.5 mm) than in the N. isabella specimen DM12619 (2.8 mm; Fig. 7B) reported by Monadjem et al. (2013 b: Fig. 4C), but very similar in shape, and both are still longer than that of N. tenuipinnis (in Monadjem et al., 2013 b: Fig. 4D), which is 1.8 mm long and strongly bent (Fig. 7C). A baculum figured as N. rendalli by Kearney et al. (2002: Fig. 1F) is about 4 mm long.</p><p>The cranium of N. isabella is illustrated in Fig 8. Neoromicia isabella is distinguished from N. tenuipinnis (skull figured in Monadjem et al., 2010: 479) by slightly larger cranial and dental measurements (Table 4), particularly in the greatest skull length and the upper and lower molar rows. Greatest skull length in N. rendalli (skull figured in Monadjem et al., 2010: 475) is similar to that of N. isabella, but its cranium is wider, as expressed by zygomatic width, greatest width of braincase, and mastoid width (Table 4).</p><p>Within the genus Neoromicia the greatest skull length of N. isabella (GSKL 12.5–13.0 mm) is of medium size and less robust than in N. rendalli, with a narrow maxillary and braincase and a fragile zygomatic arch. Skulls of 15 other species assignable to the genus Neoromicia (see accounts in Monadjem et al., 2010, 2013 b; Goodman et al., 2012; Happold and Happold, 2013) are either larger or smaller in length. The dorsal profile of the skull is slightly concave at the rostrum and slopes gradually upwards to the occiput. There is no sagittal crest, but a faint lambdoid crest. The dental formula is I2/3, C1/1, P1/2, M3/3 = 32, as in the other Neoromicia . Several observers have reported the presence of a tiny anterior upper premolar present on either or both sides of the upper jaw in N. tenuipinnis (Hayman, 1954; Schlitter et al., 1982; Thorn and Kerbis Peterhans, 2009). The occasional presence of this tiny anterior upper premolar is not unusual in Neoromicia species (e.g. see Rosevear, 1965; Happold and Happold, 2013); however, not one of the specimens that we examined displayed such a tooth. The anterior upper incisor is more than twice as long as the posterior (about twice in N. rendalli and N. tenuipinnis — Monadjem et al., 2010) and unicuspid. The upper canine is long; 1.6-times as long as the anterior upper incisor, and 2.5-times as long as the subsequent premolar. The upper molar rows (C–M 3) are almost parallel; the molars are shorter than wide, and all teeth from the canine to the third molar are in contact. The mandible length is intermediate between that of N. tenuipinnis and N. rendalli (Table 4). The lower incisors are all trifid.</p><p>Comparisons and Designation of a Neotype for Neoromicia tenuipinnis</p><p>Our comparisons are hampered because the holotype of N. tenuipinnis is lost (Turni and Kock, 2008), and the original description of Peters (1872) does not include skull measurements. Likewise, the description of N. rendalli by Thomas (1889) does not contain skull measurements; however, the holotype skull (BMNH 1889.3.2.3) is figured in Monadjem et al. (2010) and in the ACR (2015: Appendix), and was examined by AM. External measurements of the types of both taxa, however, are congruent with the current treatment of the species (Table 3).</p><p>Externally the new species is quite distinct. Our images (Fig. 4) may be compared with those of N. tenuipinnis from Liberia (Fig. 5) and another one from Comoe National Park, Côte d’Ivoire (http:// www.inaturalist.org/photos/189398). The latter species has much darker body coloration. Neoromica rendalli is also darker, and the dark-brown coloration extends to the ventral surface of the body (specimen ZFMK 1977.1015 from South Sudan). Neoromicia isabella is immediately distinguishable from its sister species N. roseveari, itself only recently described, by its white wings and the rich colour of its fur. In N. roseveari, the wings are dark and the fur is dark brown (Monadjem et al., 2013 b). Furthermore, N. roseveari is far larger (for the holotype, FA is 37.1 mm and GSKL is 14.36 mm).</p><p>The whole group, however, may include further unrecognized taxa if one looks at the genetic and morphological variation throughout Africa, which is beyond the scope of our paper. Specimens from Nigeria to Central Africa mentioned by Bergmans (1977), Viellard (1974), Thorn and Kerbis Peterhans (2009), Bates et al. (2013), and other authors should be re-examined in the context of a revision of the genus. It should be also noted that the most current range map for N. tenuipinnis sensu lato (Fahr, 2013 e) may contain records of both N. tenuipinnis sensu stricto (see below) and the newly described N. isabella .</p><p>Under these circumstances, however, we consider it essential to fix the morphological and genetic characters of N. tenuipinnis and to designate a neotype for Vesperus tenuipinnis Peters, 1872 (now Neoromicia tenuipinnis), because the former holotype, an adult female from ‘Guinea’ (Peters, 1872: 264), in the Berlin Museum (ZMB) is lost (Turni and Kock, 2008). Monadjem et al. (2013 b) listed a specimen in the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH 1889.5.1.3) as a ‘syntype’ of N. tenuipinnis, which however is incorrect, as Peters (1872: 264) only mentioned a single specimen in the Berlin Museum at hand; the one, which is now lost.</p><p>Here we designate specimen DM 13235 in the Durban Natural Science Museum as the neotype. It consists of a male specimen collected by A. Monadjem at Bonlah village, near Yekepa at the base of Mount Nimba, Liberia on 7 January 2012; external and cranial measurements are included in Tables 3 and 4. The body is preserved in formalin with the skull extracted. The tragus and the baculum (also Fig. 7C) are documented in Monadjem et al. (2013 b: Figs. 4D and 6D). A COI sequence is deposited in GenBank (JX508831). The external measurements of the neotype are very similar to those of Peters’ (1872) lost holotype (Table 3).</p><p>In light of our new genetic analysis (Fig. 3), the genus Neoromicia, at least in West Africa, no longer appears to be paraphyletic (as suggested by Monadjem et al., 2013 b) but consists of a monophyletic clade. The type species of the genus, N. zuluensis (Roberts, 1924), was studied genetically by Goodman et al. (2012) showing that it is sister to N. somalica . We are therefore confident that our new species has been assigned to the correct genus. In our COI tree N. isabella is sister to N. roseveari, and both taxa sister to N. brunnea, while N. tenuipinnis and N. rendalli group more at the root of this clade (Fig. 3). Hence, whereas morphological characters suggest a closer relationship between N. tenuipinnis and N. isabella, this is not supported by the genetic analysis.</p><p>Remarks</p><p>This is the first record of a white-winged bat from the Simandou Range, initially identified as N. tenuipinnis . Eleven individuals were captured, all between 7 and 9 March 2008 in the canopy net over the creek at FC, two of which were kept as vouchers. They group with specimen DM12619 from Mount Nimba, Liberia, that was labelled Neoromicia cf. rendalli by Monadjem et al. (2013 b). Neoromica isabella was not recorded during the 2002 RAP, nor the 2003 RAP. The individuals captured in the context of this study over the forest creek at FC suggests that N. isabella uses drainages lines as travel routes probably emerging from hollow trees or rock crevices upstream. The specimen from the Liberian portion of Mount Nimba was captured emerging from the roof of a hut in a small village close to the larger settlement of Yekepa (Monadjem et al., 2013 b).</p><p>Records from adjacent regions (Aellen, 1963; De Vree, 1971; Bützler, 1994; Fahr et al., 2006; Monadjem and Fahr, 2007) may refer either to N. tenuipinnis or to the new species. Monadjem et al. (2013 b) collected both species on Mount Nimba. A specimen mentioned by Roche (1971) as N. tenuipinnis deviates by very small external and cranial measurements, and until a re-examination of the voucher specimen we regard this record with caution.</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>The conservation status of this species has not yet been evaluated (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFF7FFCE761BFBD71C18554D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFE9FFCE77D7FBB31DE657C8.text	039C0121FFE9FFCE77D7FBB31DE657C8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoromicia somalica (Bocage 1889)	<div><p>Neoromicia somalica (Bocage, 1889)</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0033, ♀, CMR, 18 December 2008.</p><p>One female of this tiny pipistrelloid bat was caught in the canopy net set over a stream in gallery forest at CMR. In our genetic analysis it groups with a single specimen of N. somalica from Mount Nimba (DM 12612 — Monadjem et al., 2013 b). While our measurements agree well with those published by Monadjem et al. (2013 b) and Rosevear (1965), the coloration of our specimen is a much darker brown than the ‘palish brown’ or ‘sandy coloration’ mentioned for ‘ Eptesicus somalicus ’ in Rosevear (1965) or for ‘ E. capensis somalicus ’ in Aellen (1952) . Its ecological characterization as a savannah species agrees well with our capture in one of the drier habitats of the study area at CMR. We follow the African Chiroptera Report (ACR 2015) and Riccucci and Lanza (2008) in using N. somalica, as opposed to N. somalicus . The type specimen of N. somalica comes from Hargheisa, Somalia (ACR, 2015; Lanza et al., 2015) in the extremely arid Horn of Africa. As yet, no specimens of this species have been sequenced from this region, and the taxonomic affinities of the two specimens from moist tropical woodlands of Guinea and Liberia, mentioned above, in relation to those from the Horn of Africa require investigation.</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern. Population trend is unknown (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFE9FFCE77D7FBB31DE657C8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFE9FFC97467FC351C4256D9.text	039C0121FFE9FFC97467FC351C4256D9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pipistrellus grandidieri (Dobson 1876)	<div><p>Pipistrellus cf. grandidieri (Dobson, 1876)</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0300, ♀, FC, 8 March 2008; ZFMK 2008.0301, ♂, FC, 9 March 2008; ZFMK 2008. 0302, ♂, W1, 25 February 2008 .</p><p>One individual was caught in the canopy net set over the creek in the ravine forest at W1 and three individuals of this species were captured at FC. The female from FC carried one embryo of 17 mm crown-rump length. Field notes and photographs document the somewhat yellowish fur of the W1 individual. Our three voucher specimens grouped with a specimen from Mount Nimba (DM 13220/ JX 508839) labelled Pipistrellus sp. 1 in Monadjem et al. (2013 b). We tentatively assign them to Pipistrellus cf. grandidieri, similar to a specimen from Fetto (near Foye, Karanka River) in the Fouta Djallon Region of Guinea (Weber and Fahr, 2007 b) and specimens from Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Cameroon (Monadjem and Fahr, 2007; Weber and Fahr, 2007 b). A first country record from Atewa, Ghana, was also referred to as Neoromicia cf. grandidieri by Weber and Fahr (2007 a), but our genetic results (Fig. 3) do not support this generic allocation. Our measurements agree well with those of the holotype Vesperugo (Vesperus) grandidieri Dobson, 1876 (Thorn et al., 2007) and they are much smaller than measurements of the newly described species Neoromicia roseveari (Monadjem et al., 2013 b) . Given that the holotype of P. grandidieri is from Zanzibar (Thorn et al., 2007), this West African form might “possibly represent an undescribed species” (Monadjem and Fahr, 2007: 105). However, x -ray photographs of the baculum of ZFMK 2008.0302 (Fig. 9) showed notable similarity with the drawing of the baculum of P. grandidieri grandidieri from Bamba Mluni, Tanzania (SMF 83513) in Thorn et al. (2007: Fig 2).</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>The conservation status of this species has not yet been evaluated by the IUCN (2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFE9FFC97467FC351C4256D9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFEEFFC97332FA271B0652E8.text	039C0121FFEEFFC97332FA271B0652E8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Miniopteridae	<div><p>Miniopteridae</p><p>We use this new family name based on the molecular work by Miller-Butterworth et al. (2007) to reflect the sister-group relationship between the families Vespertilionidae and Miniopteridae .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFEEFFC97332FA271B0652E8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFEEFFC977C6FD171F7452EE.text	039C0121FFEEFFC977C6FD171F7452EE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pipistrellus nanulus Thomas 1904	<div><p>Pipistrellus nanulus Thomas, 1904</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0297, ♀, W1, 25 February 2008; ZFMK 2008.0298, ♂, FC, 7 March 2008; ZFMK 2009.0031, ♂, WSV, 12 December 2008 .</p><p>Three individuals of this small vespertilionid were captured. Not one was encountered on the 2002 RAP, but two specimens were captured on the 2003 RAP at Mont Béro (Fahr et al., 2006) and one in the Fouta Djallon at Foye (Weber and Fahr, 2007 b). It was reported in the Liberian portion of Mount Nimba at 600 m (Hill, 1982; Wolton et al., 1982). The species was also previously known from Sérédou, Guinea (Ziama; Roche, 1971); it seems to prefer the rainforest zone extending into Guinea savannah and riverine forest (Van Cakenberghe and Happold, 2013 a). It probably roosts in rock crevices, although Eisentraut (1964) also found them roosting in the roof of a house in Bioko. Pipistrellus nanulus was also caught in the Shai Hills of Ghana — a rocky inselberg formation with dry forest thickets surrounded by savannah (Decher et al., 1997). The female caught at W1 on 25 Feb 2008 carried two embryos of 13 mm and one embryo of 8 mm crown-rump length.</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern. Population trend is unknown (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFEEFFC977C6FD171F7452EE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFEEFFC9762EF9261DE651F5.text	039C0121FFEEFFC9762EF9261DE651F5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scotophilus nux Thomas 1904	<div><p>Scotophilus nux Thomas, 1904</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0306, ♂, FC, 7 March 2008.</p><p>Three individuals of this large orange-colored bat were captured at FC, all in the canopy net set over the creek. These were initially identified as S. nigrita using the keys by Hayman and Hill (1971) but following Robbins (1978) and Robbins et al. (1985), S. nigrita should now be considered a senior synonym of the much larger S. gigas (FA = 86 mm). The smaller Scotophilus (FA = 51–59 mm), formerly called S. nigrita, are now either S. dinganii or S. nux . Similarly, Konstantinov et al. (2000) reported a specimen ‘near Kindia’ as S. nigrita, but Weber and Fahr (2007 b) correctly pointed out that based on the forearm measurement (51 mm) the identification of this specimen needs to be either S. dinganii or S. nux . The identification as S. nux was confirmed in a molecular genetic study that included our voucher specimen from FC (R. G. Trujillo, in litt.). During the 2003 RAP, Fahr et al. (2006) caught one specimen of S. nux at Kpinita (Kpogo River), Mount Béro, and they refer to another specimen from the Forêt Classée de Diecké mentioned in Bützler (1994). Fahr (1996) pointed out that Hill (1982) and Wolton et al. (1982) list two specimens from the Liberian portion of Mount Nimba under S. dinganii but found that forearm measurements by Hill (1982) are clearly above the range for this species so that these specimens should also be assigned to S. nux . Most occurrences of S. nux are associated with the high forest zone from Sierra Leone to western Kenya (Robbins et al., 1985). At Nimba it reaches 600 m (Hill, 1982). Grubb et al. (1998: 91) discuss this species as the “forest form” of S. dinganii (S. d. nux) and report that T. J. Jones “found it quite common in built up areas where it roosted in small groups in the roofs of houses and thatched huts” and “it has also been taken in holes in trees.”</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern. Population trend unknown (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFEEFFC9762EF9261DE651F5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFEEFFC87470F9271F7451C8.text	039C0121FFEEFFC87470F9271F7451C8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. villiersi Aellen 1956	<div><p>Miniopterus schreibersii villiersi Aellen, 1956</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0304, ♀, TO, 15 March 2008; ZFMK 2008.0305, ♀, FR, 18 March 2008; ZFMK 2009.0024, ♂, W1, 4 December 2008; ZFMK 2009.0025, ♀, WSV, 12 December 2008; ZFMK 2009.0029, ♂, WSV, 14 December 2008 .</p><p>Twenty-two individuals of this velvety-furred species were captured making it the third most common bat in 2008. One individual was obtained over the creek at W1, two in the canopy net over the creek at TO, three females in three different nets on the ridge at PF, and 16 individuals in the canopy net over the stream in the WSV. This taxon was described by Aellen (1956) as Miniopterus inflatus villiersi from the Grotte du Marché, Dalaba, Guinea. Miniopterus schreibersii villiersi was recorded on the 2002 RAP by Fahr and Ebigbo (2003), on the 2003 RAP from Mount Béro (Fahr et al., 2006), and recently from two localities in the Fouta Djallon (Weber and Fahr, 2007 b), who have argued for its elevation as a separate species, M. villiersi, which in turn would limit M. schreibersii to a circum-Mediterranean and southern Palaearctic distribution. Konstantinov et al. (2000) reported a large colony from the ‘Mangamoria’ cave near Kindia, Guinea. This species uses caves as day roosts and in West Africa appears to prefer montane areas reaching 2,500 m on Mount Cameroon (Rosevear, 1965; Hutterer et al., 1992). Females caught on 15 March 2008 at TO and 18 March 2008 at PF (ZFMK 2008.0304 + 2008.0305) carried single embryos of 12 and 14 mm crown-rump length, respectively. It most likely also uses caves and rock crevices on the slopes and ridges of the submontane forest at Simandou and travels along the creeks to forage at lower elevations.</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Not yet evaluated as a species separate from M. schreibersii . Near Threatened, as subspecies of M. schreibersii with a decreasing population trend (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFEEFFC87470F9271F7451C8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFEFFFC877E1F9F11A8057A1.text	039C0121FFEFFFC877E1F9F11A8057A1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chaerephon russatus (J. A. Allen 1917)	<div><p>Chaerephon russatus (J. A. Allen, 1917)</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0307, ♂, OU, 1 March 2008.</p><p>Only one individual of this molossid was captured at the OU ridge, a male with a pronounced hair crest. In measurements, it closely resembles Chaerephon nigeriae; however, it lacks the white ventral flank stripes, a key character of nigeriae (Rosevear, 1965) . The male collected at Simandou is almost identical in colour and size to a female (ZFMK 1997.0448) from the Parc National du Haute Niger, Guinea, previously listed under C. nigeriae by Ziegler et al. (2002). Forearm measurements of the two preserved bats are 43.5 and 45.0 mm, well within the range of C. russatus (Happold, 2013 c; as Tadarida russata). The inner margins of the ears are joined by a band, the wing membranes are dark brown, the anterior palatal emargination of the skull is closed, and the depth and size of basisphenoid pits is moderate (characters following Happold, 2013 c). Also the skull lengths of the two specimens from Guinea (GLSK 19.2, 19.5 mm) agree well with C. russatus .</p><p>The two specimens therefore represent the first record of C. russatus from Guinea. In West Africa, the species was previously known from Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana (Happold, 2013 c). The previously reported record of C. nigeriae from Guinea (Ziegler et al., 2002) should therefore be deleted.</p><p>Our records indicate that this fast flying species hunts in the uncluttered habitat along the Simandou Ridge. It probably also roosts in caves and cliffs along the ridge.</p><p>Conservation status Data Deficient (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFEFFFC877E1F9F11A8057A1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFEFFFC874B7FB9C1B4B53E8.text	039C0121FFEFFFC874B7FB9C1B4B53E8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Mops condylurus (A. Smith 1833)	<div><p>Mops condylurus (A. Smith, 1833)</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0308 +309, ♀♀, OU, 1 March 2008; ZFMK 2009.0034, ♀, PF, 9 December 2008; ZFMK 2009.0035, ♂, PF, 11 December 2008 .</p><p>Four individuals of this molossid were captured, two on the OU ridge and two on the PF ridge. Fahr et al. (2006) mention an earlier record from Ziama. In Sierra Leone, it is known from 20 specimens from Gola Forest Camp (4 mi S Lalehun); and from Fadugu and Fintonia in the Northern Province (Grubb et al., 1998; Monadjem and Fahr, 2007: App. 11, USNM). Rosevear (1965: 337) stated that this species is widely distributed “from the arid Sahel woodland to the evergreen rainforest belt, though most of the records for the latter are from places where the forest has been much destroyed”. Natural roost sites are holes in trunks and branches of hollow trees, but this species has adapted to form large colonies in roofs and can “become a major pest in dwellings and stores” (Rosevear, 1965: 338).</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern. A widely distributed and common species. Population trend unknown (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFEFFFC874B7FB9C1B4B53E8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
039C0121FFECFFCB7635FF661F745002.text	039C0121FFECFFCB7635FF661F745002.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Mops nanulus J. A. Allen 1917	<div><p>Mops nanulus J. A. Allen, 1917</p><p>New material</p><p>ZFMK 2008.0310, ♂, FC, 8 March 2008; ZFMK 2008.0311, ♀, PF 17 March 2008 .</p><p>A single male of this smallest West African molossid bat was captured in the canopy net over the creek in closed evergreen forest at FC and two females in the canopy net on the ridge at PF ridge. The specimen from PF carried an embryo of 20 mm crown-rump length. Verschuren (1976) recorded two individuals near the River Douoble at Liberian Mount Nimba. At Njala, Sierra Leone, nine adult females with three young were found roosting in a crack of a tree, others in a thatched roof and one in a bamboo thicket. Mops nanulus is considered a high forest and fringing forest species (Rosevear, 1965; Grubb et al., 1998). Upon the discovery of this species in DR Congo in 1917 seven individuals were found in a cavity high up in a tree, the entrance of which was concealed by epiphytic ferns (Allen et al., 1917). Our captures from the Foko Ridge show that this forest-dwelling molossid does leave the forest to hunt in open habitat.</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern. Population trend is unknown (IUCN, 2015).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039C0121FFECFFCB7635FF661F745002	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Decher, Jan;Hoffmann, Anke;Schaer, Juliane;N Orris, Ryan W.;Kadjo, Blaise;Astrin, Jonas;Monadjem, Ara;Hutterer, Rainer	Decher, Jan, Hoffmann, Anke, Schaer, Juliane, N Orris, Ryan W., Kadjo, Blaise, Astrin, Jonas, Monadjem, Ara, Hutterer, Rainer (2015): Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid. Acta Chiropterologica 17 (2): 255-282, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.2.003
