An African bat hotspot: the exceptional importance of Mount Nimba for bat diversity Author Monadjem, Ara All Out Africa Research Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Swaziland, Private Bag 4, Kwaluseni, Swaziland & Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag 20, Pretoria, South Africa & Hipposideros lamottei & Corresponding author: E-mail: ara @ uniswa. sz ara@uniswa.sz Author Richards, Leigh Durban Natural Science Museum, P. O. Box 4085, Durban, South Africa Author Denys, Christiane UMR 7205, CNRS, MNHN, EPHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris VI, Institut de Systématique et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France text Acta Chiropterologica 2016 2016-12-01 18 2 359 375 journal article 21454 10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.2.005 14ec50b9-9afa-4b91-94c8-c08bb0dfc7d5 1733-5329 3942481

TABLE 1. Bat species known to occur in Liberian and Guinean Nimba collected during this survey as well as previous surveys, including their conservation status. The latest IUCN Red List status (downloaded in December 2015 from www.iucnredlist.org) is presented. Red List categories: LC = Least Concern, NT = Near Threatened, VU = Vulnerable, EN = Endangered, CR = Critical, DD = Data Deficient, ne = not evaluated. Habitat associations of the bats are also indicated; F — forest dependent, S — savanna dependent, F(S) — primarily forest dependent but also occurring in savanna, S(F) — primarily savanna dependent but also occurring in forest, F/S — equally occurring in forests and savannas

Family/Species	Forbes-Watson 1967/1968	Liberia Coe Verschuren 1975 1977		Wolton et al. This 1982 study		Guinea Fahr et al. This 2006 study		IUCN Habitat Red List
Emballonuridae
Saccolaimus peli	X	X						LC	F
Hipposideridae
Hipposideros beatus					X			LC	F
H. cf. caffer						X		LC	S(F)
H. cyclops	X		X	X	X	X		LC	F(S)
H. gigas				X	X			LC	F
H. lamottei						X	X	CR	F(S)
H. marisae				X	X	X		VU	F
H. cf. ruber C11	X		X	X	X	X	X	LC	F
H. cf. ruber E11					X			ne	F
Miniopteridae
Miniopterus inflatus				X	X			LC	F(S)
M. [schreibersii] villiersi 2					X			ne	F(S)
Molossidae Chaerephon bemmeleni 3								LC	F
C. major	X			X				LC	S(F)
C. pumilus			X		X			LC	S
Mops condylurus					X			LC	S
M. [brachypterus] leonis 4					X		X	ne	F(S)
M. spurrelli					X	X		LC	F
M. thersites			X		X		X	LC	F
Nycteridae
Nycteris arge	X			X	X			LC	F
N. grandis			X	X	X	X		LC	F(S)
N. hispida					X	X		LC	F/S
N. intermedia						X	X	LC	F
N. macrotis				X	X			LC	S(F)
N. major			X			X		DD	F
Pteropodidae
Casinycteris ophiodon		X		X				NT	F
Eidolon helvum			X	X	X	X		NT	F/S
Epomops buettikoferi	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	LC	F(S)
Hypsignathus monstrosus	X	X	X	X	X		X	LC	F(S)
Megaloglossus azagnyi	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	LC	F
Micropteropus pusillus					X		X	LC	S(F)
Myonycteris angolensis	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	LC	F(S)
M. leptodon	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	LC	F(S)
Nanonycteris veldkampii	X	X	X		X		X	LC	F(S)
Rousettus aegyptiacus	X	X	X	X		X	X	LC	F/S
Scotonycteris zenkeri	X	X	X	X				LC	F
Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus guineensis					X	X	X	VU	F
R. hillorum	X		X	X	X	X		NT	F
R. landeri					X			LC	S(F)
R. [simulator] alticolus 5						X	X	ne	F
Vespertilionidae
Glauconycteris poensis					X			LC	F
G. cf. argentata					X			–	F
Kerivoula lanosa						X		LC	F(S)
K. phalaena					X			LC	F