Common names: Dent's Horseshoe Bat (English), Dent se Saalneusvlermuis (Afrikaans). Distribution: This species is widely, but patchily, recorded in West and southern Africa. It ranges from southeastern Senegal, through northern parts of West Africa to northeastern Ghana; in Central Africa it appears to have only been recorded from eastern Congo and southern Angola; in southern Africa, it is present in Namibia, western Botswana and northern parts of South Africa (Monadjem et al. 2010; ACR 2015). Within the assessment region it occurs predominantly in the Northern Cape, but marginally in the North West and Free State provinces. The type specimen is from Kuruman, Northern Cape, South Africa (Monadjem et al. 2010). Citizen scientists recorded a single bat roosting in a small cave in 2012, which was verified through its echolocation structure, and thus represents the most southerly record for the species within the assessment region. Its area of occupancy is suspected to be less than 100 km2 . The extent of occurrence is estimated to be 41,073 km2.