Chaerephon shortridgei Thomas 1926

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Molossidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 432-451 : 435

Chaerephon shortridgei Thomas 1926

Chaerephon shortridgei Thomas 1926 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1926: 289.

Type Locality: Namibia, NW Ovamboland, Ukualukasi, 3400 ft. (1100 m).

Vernacular Names: Shortridge's Free-tailed Bat.

Distribution: S Dem. Rep. Congo, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001).

Discussion: plicatus species group. Often considered a subspecies of chapini , but see Peterson et al. (1995), who treated these taxa as distinct species based on significant size differences and the large geographic gap apparently separating the southern populations ( shortridgei ) from northern populations ( chapini ). Fenton and Eger (2002) included shortridgei in chapini with no comment. Based on my own limited observations, I prefer to treat chapini and shortridgei as distinct species pending additional data.