Nycteris macrotis Dobson 1876

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Nycteridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 391-394 : 392

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scientific name	Nycteris macrotis Dobson 1876
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Nycteris macrotis Dobson 1876 View in CoL

Nycteris macrotis Dobson 1876 View in CoL , Monogr. Asiat. Chiroptera : 80.

Type Locality: Sierra Leone.

Vernacular Names: Large-eared Slit-faced Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Nycteris macrotis subsp. macrotis Dobson 1876

Subspecies Nycteris macrotis subsp. aethiopica Dobson 1878

Subspecies Nycteris macrotis subsp. luteola Thomas 1901

Subspecies Nycteris macrotis subsp. oriana Kershaw 1922

Distribution: Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia, south to Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique; Zanzibar.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: macrotis species group. For discussion of synonyms see Koopman (1975, 1992), Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1985), and Kock (1969 a). Does not include madagascariensis ; see Peterson et al. (1995). Does not include vinsoni ; see Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). See Taylor (2000 a) for distribution map.

References

Kock, D. 1969 a. Die Fledermaus- Fauna des Sudan. (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 521: 1 - 238.

Koopman, K. F. 1975. Bats of the Sudan. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 154: 353 - 444.

Koopman, K. F. 1992. Taxonomic status of Nycteris vinsoni Dalquest (Chiroptera: Nycteridae). Journal of Mammalogy, 73 (3): 649 - 650.

Peterson, R. L., J. L. Eger, and L. Mitchell. 1995. Chiropteres. Faune de Madagascar, 84: 1 - 204.

Taylor, P. J. 2000 a. Bats of Southern Africa: Guide to biology, identification, and conservation. University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 206 pp.

Van Cakenberghe, V., and F. De Vree. 1985. Systematics of African Nycteris (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Pp. 53 - 90, in Proceedings of the International Symposium on African vertebrates: Systematics, phylogeny and evolutionary ecology (K. - L. Schuchmann, ed.). Zoologisches Forschingsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, 585 pp.

Van Cakenberghe, V., and F. De Vree. 1998. Systematics of African Nycteris (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Part III. The Nycteris thebaica group. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 48: 123 - 166.