Otomops martiensseni
(Matschie, 1897)
Large-eared Giant Mastiff Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
| Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
| Family | : Molossidae |
| Subfamily | : Molossinae |
| Genus | : Otomops |
Species status
Authority citation
Matschie, P. 1897. Zur Faunistik Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas. 5. Saugethiere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 63(1):81-88.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14194357Original name as described
Nyctinomus martiensseni
Other common names
Giant Mastiff Bat · Large-eared Free-tailed Bat · Martienssen's Free-tailed Bat · Martienssen Bat · Martienssen's Big-eared Bulldog Bat
Type material
ZMB 97523
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Plantago Magrotto unweit Tanga [= Magrotto Plantation, near Tanga, south-eastern Usambara Mountains, Tanzania]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Guinea · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Kenya · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Zimbabwe · South Africa
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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