Common names: Long-tailed Serotine Bat, Hottentot Bat, Hottentot Serotine Bat, Long-tailed Greater Serotine Bat, Long-tailed House Bat (English), Langstert-dakvlermuis (Afrikaans). Distribution: This largely Southern African species ranges from southern Angola in the west, through parts of Namibia, South Africa, southern Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia, with a single record as far north as southwestern Kenya (ACR 2015). It occurs widely but sparsely in southern Africa, from western Namibia and extreme southwestern Angola, south to the Northern and Western Cape, east to Lesotho and KwaZuluNatal, and north to Zimbabwe, with isolated records in Zambia, central Mozambique, and southern Malawi (Kearney et al. 2008). In the assessment region, the species occurs in eight provinces of South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, North West, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and the Western Cape. It also occurs within Lesotho (Lynch 1994). It is likely to occur in Swaziland based on habitat models (Monadjem et al. 2010). The type specimen is from Uitenhage, Eastern Cape (Monadjem et al. 2010). The estimated extent of occurrence is 1,117,751 km2.