Nycteris aurita

(Andersen, 1912)

Andersen'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

Andersen, K.C. 1912-11-01. Brief diagnoses of eight new Petalia, with a list of the known forms of the genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)10(59):546-550.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640618

Original name as described

Petalia aurita

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1889.1.11.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f74f7d67-c716-431e-8bf0-4b59a808f465

Type locality

"Kilifi, British East Africa [= Kenya]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Somalia · Ethiopia · South Sudan · Kenya · Tanzania · Uganda?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004834

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.

Petalia aurita

(Andersen, 1912)

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1889.1.11.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f74f7d67-c716-431e-8bf0-4b59a808f465

Authority page

547

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640618

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Granvik (1924:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68174)

N. h. aurita

Koopman, 1994

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Nycteris aurita

Yalden, Largen, Kock, & Hillman, 1996

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

84

Authority publication

Tropical Zoology

Name usages

  1. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14927/22017608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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