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Nycteris major K. Andersen 1912
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Nycteris major K. Andersen 1912
Nycteris major K. Andersen 1912, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 10: 547.
Type Locality: Cameroon, Ja (= Dja) River.
Vernacular Names: Dja Slit-faced Bat.
Synonyms: Nycteris avakubia J. A. Allen 1917.
Distribution: Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Dem. Rep. Congo, and Zambia.
Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable.
Discussion: arge species group. Includes avakubia; see Koopman (1965) and Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1985).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Nycteridae, pp. 391-394 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 393, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- K. Andersen
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Nycteridae
- Genus
- Nycteris
- Species
- major
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Nycteris major Andersen, 1912 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Andersen, K. 1912. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. 1. Megachiroptera. Second ed. British Museum (Natural History), London, 854 pp.
- Koopman, K. F. 1965. Status of forms described or recorded by J. A. Allen in " The American Museum Congo Expedition Collection of Bats ". American Museum Novitates, 2219: 1 - 34.
- 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.