Pipistrellus nanus (Peters, 1852). Reise nach Mossambique, Saugethiere, p. 63.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mozambique, Inhambane.

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa to Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Mali, and Sierra Leone; Madagascar; Pemba; Zanzibar.

COMMENT: The oldest name for this species is africanus; see Koopman, 1975, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 154:400.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014019033001.