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Nycteris nana K. Andersen 1912
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Nycteris nana K. Andersen 1912
Nycteris nana K. Andersen 1912, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 10: 547.
Type Locality: Equatorial Guinea, Rio Muni, Benito River.
Vernacular Names: Dwarf Slit-faced Bat.
Synonyms: Nycteris tristis Allen and Lawrence 1936.
Distribution: Côte d’Ivoire to NE Angola, W Kenya, and SW Sudan. A record from Tanzania actually represents intermedia (J. Fahr, pers. comm.).
Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: arge species group. Includes tristis; see Koopman (1975) 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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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/2284DABCA8677C6644D286451A6B6DA5 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/4A9057C1D0F1C2F6DD5DE61510871F8E (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231529808 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- K. Andersen
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Nycteridae
- Genus
- Nycteris
- Species
- nana
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Nycteris nana 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.
- Allen, G. M., and B. Lawrence. 1936. Scientific results of an expedition to rainforest regions in eastern Africa. III. Mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 79: 31 - l 26.
- Koopman, K. F. 1975. Bats of the Sudan. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 154: 353 - 444.
- 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.