Nycteris gambiensis
(Andersen, 1912)
Gambian 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/18640619Original name as described
Petalia gambiensis
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1911.6.10.10
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cc1e6f3b-4e66-4edc-8e95-8bd319bb2554Type locality
"Dialacoto, French Gambia [= Senegal]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Mauritania · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Mali · Sierra Leone · Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Niger · Cameroon
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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