Nycteris macrotis

Dobson, 1876

Large-eared 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

Dobson, G.E. 1876. Monograph of the Asiatic Chiroptera, and Catalogue of the Species of Bats in the Collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Printed by Order of the Trustees of the Indian Museum, London, 228 pp.

Authority publication link

https://wellcomecollection.org/works/wznx4y6x

Original name as described

Nycteris macrotis

Other common names

Vinson's Slit-faced Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1866.2.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1dbf0ffe-5086-45e9-8e18-b31e39bbd1f8

Type locality

Sierra Leone.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Mali · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Central African Republic · Chad · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Botswana

Taxonomy notes

includes vinsoni and madagascariensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Cotterill, F. P. D., & Schoeman, M. C. (2010). Bats of southern Africa: a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Johannesburg, South Africa: University of the Witwatersrand. · Wilson D.E. & Mittermeier R.A. 2019. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 9. Bats. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. · Demos, T. C., Goodman, S. M., & Patterson, B. D. (2021). The status of Nycteris madagascariensis G. Grandidier, 1937, a reputed endemic of Madagscar. Acta Chiropterologica, 23(1), 21-32. · Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., & Schoeman, M. C. (2020). Bats of southern and central Africa: a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Wits University Press.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004840

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 aethiopica

Dobson, 1878

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

aethiopica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.5.27.32

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f8f98e34-32d3-40a9-b7a0-3af5f9a28271

Authority page

165

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695231

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Nycteris macrotis

Dobson, 1876

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1866.2.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1dbf0ffe-5086-45e9-8e18-b31e39bbd1f8

Authority page

80

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:47) (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. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14933/22013415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nycteris aethiopica luteola

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

luteola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.5.6.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/59d7c4a0-c9d3-4c25-a30f-b730ceeb4736

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980032

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Nycteris oriana

P. S. Kershaw, 1922

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

oriana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.4.25.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/25a791d3-afe9-421d-a1e6-ca014cdad9df

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253057

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Nycteris vinsoni

Dalquest, 1965

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

vinsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KU:M:105221

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ku/kum?id=944654ed-1ed8-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e

Authority page

256

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44696) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44696) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44696/22074669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nycteris madagascariensis

G. Grandidier, 1937

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

madagascariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:45433

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45433

Authority page

353

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52444399

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40022/22062299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nycteris aethiopica guineensis

Monard, 1939

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 1326.05, MHNG 861.52, NMB 5271, RMCA 15310

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

66

Authority publication

Archivos do Museu Bocage

Name usages

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

Nycteris macrotis aethiopica

Simmons, 2005

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

aethiopica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Nycteris macrotis luteola

Simmons, 2005

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

luteola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Nycteris macrotis macrotis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Nycteris macrotis oriana

Simmons, 2005

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

oriana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Plecotus aethiopicus

(von Heuglin in von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866)

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

546

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447057

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Nycteris major

J. A. Allen, Lang, & Chapin, 1917

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

427

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Nycteris aethiopica guineensis f. aurantiaca

Monard, 1939

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

aurantiaca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

varietyorform · preoccupied

Authority page

68

Authority publication

Archivos do Museu Bocage

Name usages

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

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