Nycteris arge

O. Thomas, 1903

Bates's Slit-faced Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Emballonuroidea
Family : Nycteridae
Genus : Nycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1903-12-01. Three new bats from the Cameroons, discovered by Mr. G.L. Bates. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)12(72):633-635.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993403

Original name as described

Nycteris arge

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.2.8.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/072cefd9-982c-4c0e-8c5a-3700e8195be4

Type locality

"Efulen, Cameroons [= Cameroon]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004833

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Nycteris arge

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

arge

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.2.8.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/072cefd9-982c-4c0e-8c5a-3700e8195be4

Authority page

633

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993403

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14926/22016999) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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