| Author: | Peters, 1852. | 
| Citation: | Reise nach Mossambique, Säugethiere: 67. | 
| Common Name: | Green House Bat | 
| Type Locality: | Mozambique, Mozambique Isl, 15°S. | 
| Distribution: | Senegal to Ethiopia south to Namibia and South Africa. | 
| Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | 
| Comments: | Included in leucogaster by Hayman and Hill (1971), but see Koopman (1975, 1986) and Schlitter et al. (1980). Distinct from dinganii; see Schlitter et al. (1980). Includes nigritellus but does not include damarensis, see Robbins et al. (1985). Also see comments under borbonicus. | 
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