Nycteris tragata

(Andersen, 1912)

Malayan Slit-faced Bat

Close-up view of head.  Also as Malayan Hollow-faced Bat.
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Location:Malaysia, Sabah, Panggi CavesDate taken:Jan 1, 1984

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1438

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
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.

Original name as described

Petalia tragata

Other common names

Malayan Hollow-faced Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.3.31.1

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Bidi Caves, Sarawak, " Borneo.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar · Thailand · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

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