Common names: Cape Serotine Bat, Cape Serotine, Cape House Bat, Cape Pipistrelle Bat, Cape Bat (English), Kaapse Dakvlermuis (Afrikaans). Distribution: This species is widespread and abundant over much of sub-Saharan Africa. It has been recorded from Guinea Bissau in the west, to Somalia, southern Sudan and Eritrea in the east, ranging south throughout most of southern Africa (ACR 2015). In the assessment region, the species is widespread and common, occurring in all provinces of South Africa and also in Lesotho and Swaziland. The type specimen is from Grahamstown (Monadjem et al. 2010). The estimated extent of occurrence is 1,392,522 km².