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Accordingly, I have chosen to treat these taxa as conspecific pending a thorough revision.; [HMW] Vesperugo (Vesperus) moloneyi Thomas, 1891 , “ Lagos , West Africa [= Nigeria ].” Phylogenetic relationship of Mimetillus to other genera of Vespertilioniniis still uncertain. As currently recognized, there may be multiple species included within M. moloneyi and subspecies thomasi has been recognized as a distinct species on morphological grounds. Race berneri has been treated also as a synonym of thomas. However, a full revision of the validity of the recognized subspecies is pending and only a single species is recognized tentatively. Three subspecies recognized.; [batnames2022] Cotterill (2001 c ) suggested that thomasi represents a distinct, large-bodied, savanna-dwelling species ( moloneyi being a strict forest-dwelling species characterized by smaller size). However, additional locality and morphometric data indicate a morecomplex pattern (J. Fahr, pers. comm.). Accordingly, I have chosen to treat these taxa as conspecific pending a thorough revision.; [MDD2022] previously included M. thomasi; [IUCN]  Mimetillus moloneyi may currently represent a complex of species, with additional studies needed to clarify its taxonomic status.; [batnames2023] Cotterill (2001) suggested that thomasi represents a distinct, large-bodied, savanna-dwelling species ( moloneyi being a strict forest-dwelling species characterized by smaller size). However, additional locality and morphometric data indicate a more complex pattern (Fahr, 2013). Accordingly, we have chosen to treat these taxa as conspecific pending a thorough revision. Subspecies follow Fahr (2013).; [MDD2023] tentatively includes thomasi pending further research, which is sometimes recognized as a distinct species; [MDD2025_2.0] tentatively includes thomasi pending further research, which is sometimes recognized as a distinct species; [batnames2025_1.7] Cotterill (2001) suggested that thomasi represents a distinct, large-bodied, savanna-dwelling species (moloneyi being a strict forest-dwelling species characterized by smaller size). However, additional locality and morphometric data indicate a more complex pattern (Fahr, 2013). Accordingly, we have chosen to treat these taxa as conspecific pending a thorough revision. Subspecies follow Fahr (2013).; [MDD2025_2.2] tentatively includes thomasi pending further research, which is sometimes recognized as a distinct species						berneri, thomasi.	moloneyi, thomasi, berneri	moloneyi, thomasi	thomasi - berneri	moloney, berneri, thomasi	thomasi - berneri?	moloneyi, berneri, thomasi		moloneyi	 Mimetillus moloneyi may currently represent a complex of species, with additional studies needed to clarify its taxonomic status.	moloneyi, berneri, thomasi		moloneyi, thomasi, berneri 	moloneyi, thomasi, berneri 	berneri, moloneyi, thomasi		moloneyi (O. Thomas, 1891)|meloneyi (de Seabra, 1900) [incorrect subsequent spelling]|thomasi Hinton, 1920|berneri Monard, 1933		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.	Moloney's flat-headed bat	Sierra Leone – W Kenya – Angola	Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. and Koeppl, J.W. 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press, Lawrence, 694 pp.	Mimetillus moloneyi	Nigeria, Western Region, Lagos.	Thomas	1891	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 7:528.	Distribution: Same as for genus.		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1991. A World List of Mammalian Species. Third edition. Oxford University Press, London, 243 pp. ISBN 0-19-854017-5	Moloney's flat-headed bat	Sierra Leone – Ethiopia – Angola	Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137–242 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.	Thomas	1891	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, ser. 6, 7:528.		Sierra Leone to Ethiopia, south to Tanzania, Zambia, and Angola; Bioko.	Nigeria, Western Region, Lagos.		THOMAS	1891	Forearm length, 26-30 mm.	Distribution: Same as for genus.	Three subspecies:	M. m. moloneyi (Sierra Leone to Ethiopia and Kenya), M. m. thomasi (Zambia and southern Zaire to southern Tanzania), M. m. berneri (Angola).	123	species	M. moloneyi	THOMAS	1891	Mimetillus	genus	Mimetillus moloneyi				Forearm length, 26-30 mm.	Three subspecies:		1. M. moloneyi (THOMAS 1891).	1	NA			Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).	CHIROPTERA	Vespertilionidae	Vespertilioninae	Vespertilionini	Mimetillus moloneyi	Mimetillus		moloneyi	Thomas	y	1891		Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6	7		528		Moloney's Mimic Bat	Nigeria, Western Region, Lagos.	Sierra Leone east to Ethiopia and Kenya, Tanzania south to Mozambique, west to Zambia, S Dem. Rep. Congo, and Angola; no records have been documented in the central Congo Basin.	IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).	thomasi Hinton, 1920; berneri Monard, 1933.	Cotterill (2001c) suggested that thomasi represents a distinct, large-bodied, savanna-dwelling species (moloneyi being a strict forest-dwelling species characterized by smaller size). However, additional locality and morphometric data indicate a more complex pattern (J. Fahr, pers. comm.). Accordingly, I have chosen to treat these taxa as conspecific pending a thorough revision.	4C3D87E8FFC06A7FFF89910519B9B276	Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions	978-84-16728-19-0	hbmw_9_Vespertilionidae_716.pdf.imf	hash://md5/b004ff90fffb6a44fffc96591e00bb32	817	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/4C/3D/87/4C3D87E8FFC06A7FFF89910519B9B276.xml	Mimetillus moloneyi	Vespertilionidae	Mimetillus	moloneyi	Thomas	1891	Mimétille de Moloney @fr | Moloney-Schmalfligelfledermaus @de | Mimétilo de Moloney @es | Moloney's Flat-headed Bat @en | Moloney's Flat-headed Vesper Bat @en	Vesperugo (Vesperus) moloneyi Thomas, 1891 , “ Lagos , West Africa [= Nigeria ].” Phylogenetic relationship of Mimetillus to other genera of Vespertilioniniis still uncertain. As currently recognized, there may be multiple species included within M. moloneyi and subspecies thomasi has been recognized as a distinct species on morphological grounds. Race berneri has been treated also as a synonym of thomas. However, a full revision of the validity of the recognized subspecies is pending and only a single species is recognized tentatively. Three subspecies recognized.	M.m.moloney:Thomas,1891—scatteredfromSEGuineaandSierraLeoneEtoSWEthiopia,Kenya,andNETanzania(includingBiokoI),andStoNWAngolaandextremeWDRCongo. M.m.berneriMonard,1933—endemictotheAngolanPlateau. M. m. thomas: Hinton, 1920 — SE DR Congo , S Tanzania , Zambia , and S Mozambique .	Head-body c¢.51-63 mm, tail 23-32 mm, ear 9-14 mm, hindfoot 5-9 mm, forearm 27-31 mm; weight 5:5-10 g. Fur of Moloney’s Mimic Bat is velvety; dorsally and ventrally dark chocolatebrown to almost black, with unicolored hairs. Ears are blackish, naked, short (compared to other vespertilionids), and pointed, with short, mushroom-shaped tragus. Muzzle is broad and has large glands in sexually active individuals. Wings are dark brown to black, extremely short, and narrow. Finger-wing is translucent. Phalanges of third, fourth, and fifth fingers are relatively short. Legs are very short and tail is long. Penis is long, without evidence of a baculum. Braincase is flattened, rostrum shortened and broad, with well-developed supraorbital tubercles, and pronounced postorbital constriction; sagittal crest is very low. Wing loading is higher than in any other vespertilionid, except Leisler’s Noctule ( Nyctalus leisleri ). 1° is comparatively long and lateral to I*; C' has no secondary cusp; and P* exceeds height of molars. Dental formula 1512/3, C1/1, P1722, M 3/3 (#2) = 32.	Nominate moloney: inhabits forest-savanna mosaic and savanna habitats; it has been recorded in lowland rainforest, coastal forest, montane forests, mangroves, forest-savanna mosaics, Acacia ( Fabaceae )— Commiphora ( Burseraceae ) bushland and thicket, and Isoberlinia ( Fabaceae ) woodland. It apparently prefers edge of rainforest from which it penetrates into forest-savanna mosaics and woodlands. Reported to elevations of up to 2300 m . Race thomas: mostly inhabits savanna, but has been recorded from mopane and miombo woodlands, Cryptosepalum ( Fabaceae ) dry forest, and coastal forests in southern Tanzania . Race berneri also occurs in savanna habitats, with records from miombo woodland and montane forest-grassland mosaic on the Angolan Plateau.	Moloney’s Mimic Bat feeds on small winged termites, and perhaps other small to medium-sized flying insects.	The little information available is indicative of a seasonal bimodal polyestry, but asynchronous breeding; more than two births per year cannot be discarded. Litter size 1s one.	Moloney’s Mimic Bat leaves the roost to forage at dusk, with some bats returning to the day roost after 10-15 minutes. In Liberia , one bat with a full stomach was captured at 19:15 h. This speciesflies fast, without sudden turns, and with very fast wingbeats; it is not able to take off from ground, but climbs well. It roosts under bark of dead trees, in houses and roofs, and one was found roosting in a hollow in a baobab tree ( Adansonia digitata , Malvaceae ). Predators include bat hawks (Macheiramphus alcinus).	In Gabon , two colonies numbered 9-12 individuals. Reported ectoparasites include the mites Carios vespertilionis ( Argasidae ), Acanthophthirius mimetilli, Pteracarus mimetillus (both Myobiidae ), and Notoedres mimetilli ( Sarcoptidae ).	Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.	Brosset (1966b) | Cotterill (2001¢) | Fahr (2013x) | Gallagher & Harrison (1977) | Hill & Harrison (1987) | Kingdon (1974) | Lang & Chapin (1917a, 1917b)	https://zenodo.org/record/6398018/files/figure.png	117. Moloney’s Mimic Bat Mimetillus moloneyi French: Mimétille de Moloney / German: Moloney-Schmalfligelfledermaus / Spanish: Mimétilo de Moloney Other common names: Moloney's Flat-headed Bat , Moloney's Flat-headed Vesper Bat Taxonomy. Vesperugo (Vesperus) moloneyi Thomas, 1891 , “ Lagos , West Africa [= Nigeria ].” Phylogenetic relationship of Mimetillus to other genera of Vespertilioniniis still uncertain. As currently recognized, there may be multiple species included within M. moloneyi and subspecies thomasi has been recognized as a distinct species on morphological grounds. Race berneri has been treated also as a synonym of thomas. However, a full revision of the validity of the recognized subspecies is pending and only a single species is recognized tentatively. Three subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. M.m.moloney:Thomas,1891—scatteredfromSEGuineaandSierraLeoneEtoSWEthiopia,Kenya,andNETanzania(includingBiokoI),andStoNWAngolaandextremeWDRCongo. M.m.berneriMonard,1933—endemictotheAngolanPlateau. M. m. thomas: Hinton, 1920 — SE DR Congo , S Tanzania , Zambia , and S Mozambique . Descriptive notes. Head-body c¢.51-63 mm, tail 23-32 mm, ear 9-14 mm, hindfoot 5-9 mm, forearm 27-31 mm; weight 5:5-10 g. Fur of Moloney’s Mimic Bat is velvety; dorsally and ventrally dark chocolatebrown to almost black, with unicolored hairs. Ears are blackish, naked, short (compared to other vespertilionids), and pointed, with short, mushroom-shaped tragus. Muzzle is broad and has large glands in sexually active individuals. Wings are dark brown to black, extremely short, and narrow. Finger-wing is translucent. Phalanges of third, fourth, and fifth fingers are relatively short. Legs are very short and tail is long. Penis is long, without evidence of a baculum. Braincase is flattened, rostrum shortened and broad, with well-developed supraorbital tubercles, and pronounced postorbital constriction; sagittal crest is very low. Wing loading is higher than in any other vespertilionid, except Leisler’s Noctule ( Nyctalus leisleri ). 1° is comparatively long and lateral to I*; C' has no secondary cusp; and P* exceeds height of molars. Dental formula 1512/3, C1/1, P1722, M 3/3 (#2) = 32. Habitat. Nominate moloney: inhabits forest-savanna mosaic and savanna habitats; it has been recorded in lowland rainforest, coastal forest, montane forests, mangroves, forest-savanna mosaics, Acacia ( Fabaceae )— Commiphora ( Burseraceae ) bushland and thicket, and Isoberlinia ( Fabaceae ) woodland. It apparently prefers edge of rainforest from which it penetrates into forest-savanna mosaics and woodlands. Reported to elevations of up to 2300 m . Race thomas: mostly inhabits savanna, but has been recorded from mopane and miombo woodlands, Cryptosepalum ( Fabaceae ) dry forest, and coastal forests in southern Tanzania . Race berneri also occurs in savanna habitats, with records from miombo woodland and montane forest-grassland mosaic on the Angolan Plateau. Food and Feeding. Moloney’s Mimic Bat feeds on small winged termites, and perhaps other small to medium-sized flying insects. Breeding. The little information available is indicative of a seasonal bimodal polyestry, but asynchronous breeding; more than two births per year cannot be discarded. Litter size 1s one. Activity patterns. Moloney’s Mimic Bat leaves the roost to forage at dusk, with some bats returning to the day roost after 10-15 minutes. In Liberia , one bat with a full stomach was captured at 19:15 h. This speciesflies fast, without sudden turns, and with very fast wingbeats; it is not able to take off from ground, but climbs well. It roosts under bark of dead trees, in houses and roofs, and one was found roosting in a hollow in a baobab tree ( Adansonia digitata , Malvaceae ). Predators include bat hawks (Macheiramphus alcinus). Movements, Home range and Social organization. In Gabon , two colonies numbered 9-12 individuals. Reported ectoparasites include the mites Carios vespertilionis ( Argasidae ), Acanthophthirius mimetilli, Pteracarus mimetillus (both Myobiidae ), and Notoedres mimetilli ( Sarcoptidae ). Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Bibliography. Brosset (1966b), Cotterill (2001¢), Fahr (2013x), Gallagher & Harrison (1977), Hill & Harrison (1987), Kingdon (1974), Lang & Chapin (1917a, 1917b).	Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2022B. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Accessed on 10/11/2022.	Vespertilionidae	Mimetillus moloneyi	Mimetillus		moloneyi	Thomas	1891	1	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.	ser. 6, 7: 528	Moloney's Mimic Bat	<b> thomasi </b>Hinton, 1920;<b></b> berneri Monard, 1933.	Nigeria, Western Region, Lagos.	Sierra Leone east to Ethiopia and Kenya, Tanzania south to Mozambique, west to Zambia, S Dem. Rep. Congo, and Angola; no records have been documented in the central Congo Basin.	Not listed.	Least Concern	Cotterill (2001 c ) suggested that thomasi represents a distinct, large-bodied, savanna-dwelling species ( moloneyi being a strict forest-dwelling species characterized by smaller size). However, additional locality and morphometric data indicate a morecomplex pattern (J. Fahr, pers. comm.). Accordingly, I have chosen to treat these taxa as conspecific pending a thorough revision.	Mammal Diversity Database. (2023). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7830771 released 15 April 2023	Mimetillus moloneyi	23	Moloney's Mimic Bat	Moloney's Flat-headed Bat|Moloney's Flat-headed Vesper Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	VESPERTILIONIDAE	VESPERTILIONINAE	VESPERTILIONINI	Mimetillus	NA	moloneyi	O. Thomas	1891	1	Vesperugo_(Vesperus)_moloneyi	Thomas, O. (1891). Descriptions of three new bats in the British Museum Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 7, 528.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81210#page/542/mode/1up	BM 1891.5.5.2		"Lagos, West Africa [= Nigeria]."			moloneyi (O. Thomas, 1891)	previously included M. thomasi	Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Cotterill, F. P. D., & Schoeman, M. C. (2010). Bats of southern Africa: a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.	Guinea|Sierra Leone|Liberia|Côte d'Ivoire|Ghana|Togo|Benin|Nigeria|Cameroon|Equatorial Guinea|Gabon|Republic of the Congo|Central African Republic|Democratic Republic of the Congo|South Sudan|Ethiopia|Uganda|Kenya|Tanzania	Africa	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Mimetillus_moloneyi	0	sciname match	Mimetillus_moloneyi	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	13556	Mimetillus moloneyi	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE	Mimetillus	moloneyi	(Thomas, 1891)	 Mimetillus moloneyi may currently represent a complex of species, with additional studies needed to clarify its taxonomic status.	20000000	Mimetillus moloneyi	Least Concern		2017	2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category	Animals are generally associated with forest-savanna mosaic habitats. This species can, however, be encountered in tropical moist forest that is close to savanna areas (Happold 1987). Small colonies of nine to twelve individuals have been found roosting in cracks beneath the bark of dead trees, and within houses (Rosevear 1965; Kingdon 1974; Brosset 1966; Happold 1987; Grubb et al. 1998)	There appear to be no major threats to this species as a whole.	Although the species is difficult to catch, it is not considered to be especially rare.	Unknown	This species is widespread over much of sub-Saharan Africa. It ranges from Sierra Leone in the west, through West Africa and Central Africa (although seemingly absent from much of the Congo basin), to southern Sudan and western Ethiopia in the east, from here it ranges southwards through East Africa to Zambia and Angola, with the southernmost record from south-central Mozambique. It is found at elevations of up to 2,300 m asl.		Terrestrial	There appear to be no direct conservation measures in place. It is not known if the species is present in any protected areas. Additional research into the taxonomy of this species is needed.	Afrotropical		FALSE	FALSE	Global	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2023). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.4 (1.4). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8136157 	Vespertilionidae	Mimetillus		moloneyi	Thomas	1891	1	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.	ser. 6, 7: 528	Moloney's Mimic Bat	<b> thomasi </b>Hinton, 1920;<b></b> berneri Monard, 1933.	Nigeria, Western Region, Lagos	Sierra Leone east to Ethiopia and Kenya, Tanzania south to Mozambique, west to Zambia, S Dem. Rep. Congo, and Angola; no records have been documented in the central Congo Basin	Not listed.	Least Concern	Cotterill (2001) suggested that thomasi represents a distinct, large-bodied, savanna-dwelling species ( moloneyi being a strict forest-dwelling species characterized by smaller size). However, additional locality and morphometric data indicate a more complex pattern (Fahr, 2013). Accordingly, we have chosen to treat these taxa as conspecific pending a thorough revision. Subspecies follow Fahr (2013).	Mimetillus moloneyi	1005739	23	Moloney's Mimic Bat	Moloney's Flat-headed Bat|Moloney's Flat-headed Vesper Bat|Thomas's Mimic Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	Vespertilionidae	VESPERTILIONINAE	VESPERTILIONINI	Mimetillus	NA	moloneyi	O. Thomas	1891	1	Vesperugo_(Vesperus)_moloneyi	Thomas, O. (1891). Descriptions of three new bats in the British Museum Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 7, 528.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81210#page/542/mode/1up	BM 1891.5.5.2		"Lagos, West Africa [= Nigeria]."			moloneyi (O. Thomas, 1891)|thomasi Hinton, 1920|berneri Monard, 1933	tentatively includes thomasi pending further research, which is sometimes recognized as a distinct species	Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Cotterill, F. P. D., & Schoeman, M. C. (2010). Bats of southern Africa: a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.|Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., & Schoeman, M. C. (2020). Bats of southern and central Africa: a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Wits University Press.				Guinea|Sierra Leone|Liberia|Côte d'Ivoire|Ghana|Togo|Benin|Nigeria|Cameroon|Equatorial Guinea|Gabon|Republic of the Congo|Central African Republic|Democratic Republic of the Congo|South Sudan|Ethiopia|Uganda|Kenya|Tanzania|Malawi|Zambia|Angola|Mozambique|Zimbabwe	Africa	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Mimetillus_moloneyi	0	sciname match	Mimetillus_moloneyi	0	Burgin, C. J., Zijlstra, J. S., Becker, M. A., Handika, H., Alston, J. M., Widness, J., Liphardt, S., Huckaby, D. G., and Upham, N. S. (2025). How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge. Journal of Mammalogy in revision: TBD. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393	Mimetillus_moloneyi	1005739	23	Moloney's Mimic Bat	Moloney's Flat-headed Bat|Moloney's Flat-headed Vesper Bat|Thomas's Mimic Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yangochiroptera	NA	NA	Vespertilionoidea	Vespertilionidae	Vespertilioninae	Vespertilionini	Mimetillus	NA	moloneyi	O. Thomas	1	Vesperugo (Vesperus) Moloneyi	Thomas, O. 1891-06-01. Descriptions of three new bats in the British Museum Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)7(42):527-530.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19243482	BMNH:Mamm:1891.5.5.2	holotype	https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a5538936-afbe-4cc0-8f87-9be2b5eeb98a	"Lagos, West Africa [= Nigeria]."			tentatively includes thomasi pending further research, which is sometimes recognized as a distinct species	Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Cotterill, F. P. D., & Schoeman, M. C. (2010). Bats of southern Africa: a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.|Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., & Schoeman, M. C. (2020). Bats of southern and central Africa: a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Wits University Press.				Guinea|Sierra Leone|Liberia|Cote d'Ivoire|Ghana|Togo|Benin|Nigeria|Cameroon|Equatorial Guinea|Gabon|Republic of the Congo|Central African Republic|Democratic Republic of the Congo|South Sudan|Ethiopia|Uganda|Kenya|Tanzania|Malawi|Zambia|Angola|Mozambique|Zimbabwe	Africa	Afrotropic	LC	0	0	0	Mimetillus_moloneyi	0	sciname match	Mimetillus_moloneyi	0	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2025). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.7 (1.7). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14796586	Vespertilionidae	Mimetillus		moloneyi	Thomas	1891	1	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.	ser. 6, 7: 528	Moloney's Mimic Bat	thomasi Hinton, 1920;berneri Monard, 1933.	Nigeria, Western Region, Lagos	Sierra Leone east to Ethiopia and Kenya, Tanzania south to Mozambique, west to Zambia, S Dem. Rep. Congo, and Angola; no records have been documented in the central Congo Basin	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13556/22105391/' target='_blank'>Least Concern</a>	Cotterill (2001) suggested that thomasi represents a distinct, large-bodied, savanna-dwelling species (moloneyi being a strict forest-dwelling species characterized by smaller size). However, additional locality and morphometric data indicate a more complex pattern (Fahr, 2013). Accordingly, we have chosen to treat these taxa as conspecific pending a thorough revision. Subspecies follow Fahr (2013).		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Mimetillus moloneyi; Mimetillus moloneyi; Mimetillus moloneyi; Mimetillus moloneyi; Mimetillus moloneyi; Mimetillus moloneyi; moloneyi; thomasi; thomasi - berneri; moloney; berneri; thomasi; thomasi - berneri?; thomasi; berneri; moloneyi; Mimétille de Moloney; Moloney-Schmalfligelfledermaus; Mimétilo de Moloney; Moloney's Flat-headed Bat; Moloney's Flat-headed Vesper Bat; Moloney's Mimic Bat; Moloney's Flat-headed Bat; Moloney's Flat-headed Vesper Bat; Moloney's Mimic Bat; Moloney's Mimic Bat; M. moloneyi