Nycteris grandis

W. C. H. Peters, 1865

Large 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1865. Über Flederthiere (_Vespertilio soricinus_ Pallas, Choeronycteris Lichtenst., _Rhinophylla pumilio_ nov. gen., _Artibeus fallax_ nov. sp., _A. concolor_ nov. sp., _Dermanura quadrivittatum_ nov. sp., _Nycteris grandis_ n. sp.). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1865:351-359.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35168801

Original name as described

Nycteris grandis

Type material

RMNH.MAM.27348

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27348

Type locality

"Guinea."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Central African Republic · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Kenya · Tanzania · Malawi · Zambia · Mozambique · Zimbabwe

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004836

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 grandis

W. C. H. Peters, 1865

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.27348

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27348

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35168801

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1871:906, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42381867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67090)
  2. Matschie (1895:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  3. Eisentraut (1963:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Koopman (1993:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  8. Koopman (1994:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  9. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  10. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  11. Happold & Happold (2013:446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14929/22012638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nycteris Baikii

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

baikii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · not_usedasvalid

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

672

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053246

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nycteris marica

P. S. Kershaw, 1923

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

marica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.8.2.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bfa8f8e2-e6d0-48a8-9eb5-fed2742b1f6e

Authority page

534

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nycteris proxima

Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1925

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

proxima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

  1. Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe (1925:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69122)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Petalia grandis

(G. M. Allen & Coolidge, 1930)

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

576

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248246

Authority publication

Cambridge (Massachusetts)

Name usages

Allen & Coolidge (1930:576, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)

N. g. grandis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

grandis

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)

N. g. marica

Koopman, 1994

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

marica

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)

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