Common names: Rusty Bat, Rusty Pipistrelle Bat, Rusty Pipistrelle (English), Roeskleurvlermuis (Afrikaans). Distribution: This species has a broad, yet patchy distribution through sub-Saharan Africa. Westerly records extend to Senegal and the Gambia, while, in East Africa, specimens have been collected from Ethiopia near the border of Somalia. Records from central Africa are limited to southern Chad and the northern region of the Central African Republic (ACR 2015). The southern portion of their range extends as far as the northern reaches of South Africa and central Namibia, and they are known to occur in Zimbabwe and Mozambique, with an isolated population in Malawi (Monadjem et al. 2010). It is likely to occur in central Mozambique (Monadjem et al. 2010). Within the assessment region, it occurs in the northern provinces of South Africa; namely: Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and the North West. Estimated extent of occurrence in the assessment region is 245,363 km2.