Nycteris major (K. Andersen, 1912)

Mongombe, Aaron Manga, Fils, Eric Moise Bakwo & Tamesse, Joseph Lebel, 2020, Annotated checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Mount Cameroon, southwestern Cameroon, Zoosystema 42 (24), pp. 483-514 : 504

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a24
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scientific name	Nycteris major (K. Andersen, 1912)
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Nycteris major (K. Andersen, 1912) View in CoL

Petalia major K. Andersen, 1912: 547 View in CoL .

COMMON NAME. — English: Dja Slit-faced Bat. French: Nyctère de Ja.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 3 specimens.

Mount Cameroon area • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; Mubenge - Isongo; 4°05’00”N, 9°00’00”E; 0 m; Martin Eisentraut leg.; SMNS 3450, 5590; ZMB 93805 GoogleMaps .

ORIGINAL DATA. — Previously, this species has been recorded at the southwestern slope of Mount Cameroon by Eisentraut (1973), but no individuals were encountered during our field surveys.

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species is distributed in West and Central Africa ( Mickleburgh et al. 2008b). It is principally associated with lowland rainforest and coastal forest ( Monadjem et al. 2010; Fahr 2013e). As this species requires large trees for roosting, it is presumably threatened by deforestation ( Mickleburgh et al. 2008b).

References

EISENTRAUT M. 1973. - Wirbeltierfauna von Fernando Poo und Westkamerun. Bonner Zoologische Monographien 3: 1 - 428.

FAHR J. 2013 e. - Nycteris major Dja Slit-faced Bat, in M. HAPPOLD & D. C. D. HaPPOLD (eds), The mammals of Africa. Vol. IV: Hedgehogs, shrews and bats. Bloomsbury Publishing, London: 453 - 454. http: // doi. org / 10.5040 / 9781472926944.0255

MICKLEBURGH S., HUTSON A. M., BERGMANS W. & FAHR J. 2008 b. - Nycteris major. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e. T 14934 A 4479089. http: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 14934 A 4479089. en

MONADJEM A., TAYLOR P. J., COTTERILL F. P. D. & SCHOEMAN M. C. 2010. - Bats of Southern and Central Africa: a Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis. University of the Witwatersrand Press, Johannesburg, South Africa, 596 p. https: // doi. org / 10.1644 / 12 - MAMM-R- 184.1