Nycticeinops schlieffeni (Peters 1859)

[Nycticeius] schlieffeni Peters 1859, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1859: 223.

Type Locality: Egypt, Cairo.

Vernacular Names: Schlieffen's Twilight Bat.

Synonyms: Nycticeinops adovanus Heuglin 1877; Nycticeinops africanus Allen 1911; Nycticeinops albiventer Thomas and Wroughton 1908; Nycticeinops australis Thomas and Wroughton 1908; Nycticeinops bedouin Thomas and Wroughton 1908; Nycticeinops cinnamomeus Wettstein 1916; Nycticeinops fitzsimonsi Roberts 1932; Nycticeinops minimus Noack 1887 .

Distribution: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Egypt to Djibouti, Somalia, Mozambique, Mali, Botswana, South Africa, and Namibia; Mauritania and Ghana to Sudan and Tanzania.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as Nycticeius schlieffeni .

Discussion: Includes cinnamomeus; see Koopman (1975). Several poorly defined subspecies are often recognized, but there seems little justification for separation of these taxa. Reviewed in part by Harrison and Bates (1991); see Taylor (2000 a) for distribution map.