Myotis welwitschii Gray 1866

Myotis welwitschii Gray 1866, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866: 211.

Type Locality: NE Angola.

Vernacular Names: Welwitsch's Myotis.

Synonyms: Myotis venustus Matschie 1899 .

Distribution: South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Angola, Zambia, Dem. Rep. Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia.

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

Discussion: Reviewed by Kock (1967) and Ratcliffe (2002). Sometimes misspelled welwitschi but the original spelling is welwitschii . Apparently closely related to emarginatus; see Ruedi and Mayer (2001).