Nycteris intermedia Aellen, 1959

Fig. 21 E–F

* Nycteris intermedia Aellen, 1959: 218 .

In a note on page 35, Hayman et al. (1966) mention for N. intermedia: “A doubtfully valid species”. However, the multivariate biometrical analyses by Van Cakenberghe & De Vree (1985) showed that this species can clearly be distinguished from the larger N. arge and the smaller N. nana .

Contrary to the very patchy distribution map presented by Fahr (2013g: 450), we believe this species has a more extensive distribution over the African rainforest than all of the members of the Nycteris arge group, since representatives of this species might have been misidentified as N. arge . However, we do caution that in the DRC, the species has only been found in the northeastern part of the country (Ituri, Nord- and South-Kivu Provinces).