Subspecies and Distribution. P.h.hesperidusTemminck,1840—EAfricainEritrea,Djibouti,Ethiopia,SWSudan,SouthSudan,andNE&SSomalia. P.h.fuscatusThomas,1901—EAfricainEDRCongo,Uganda,Kenya,Rwanda,Burundi,andTanzania. P. h. subtilis Sundevall, 1846 — S Africa in NC, C & W Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, NC Botswana, E & South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, and along the W coast of Madagascar. There are also records on Canary and Cape Verde Is and in W Africa in W & SE Senegal, N Liberia, SE Ivory Coast, SC Burkina Faso, SE Ghana, SW Niger, NC Nigeria, W Cameroon, and Bioko I, although exact placement of these populations among taxa currently recognized under the P. hesperidus species complex is uncertain. A thorough investigation of records of this species is needed. in Vespertilionidae