Nycticeinops schlieffenii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1859)

Schlieffen's Serotine

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Vespertilionini
Genus : Nycticeinops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1859. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Chiropteren. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1859:222-225.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11069576

Original name as described

Nycticejus Schlieffenii

Other common names

Schlieffen's Twilight Bat · Schlieffen's Bat

Type material

ZMB 585

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Cairo," Egypt.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Saudi Arabia · Yemen · Egypt · Mauritania · Senegal · Mali · Burkina Faso · Niger · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Chad · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Eritrea · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Somalia · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini

Taxonomy notes

spelling changed from 'schlieffeni' to schlieffenii' to match the original spelling

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005752

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.

Scoteinus schlieffeni bedouin

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1908)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bedouin

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.6.1.53

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

540

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31938722

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Scoteinus schlieffeni albiventer

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1908)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

albiventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.11.3.4

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

540

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31938722

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Scoteinus schlieffeni australis

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1908)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.8.19

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

539

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31938721

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nycticeius africanus

(G. M. Allen, 1911)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

africanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:8272

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:8272

Authority page

328

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815430

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

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

Scoteinus schlieffeni fitzsimonsi

(A. Roberts, 1932)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

fitzsimonsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6550

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Nycticejus Schlieffenii

(W. C. H. Peters, 1859)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

schlieffenii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 585

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

224

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11069576

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Nycticejus schlieffeni

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

schlieffeni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835417

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Scoteinus schlieffeni

(A. Roberts, 1913)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

schlieffeni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439525

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Nycticeius schlieffeni

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

schlieffeni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

72

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Nycticeinops schlieffeni

Hoofer & Van Den Bussche, 2003

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

schlieffeni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

  1. Hoofer & Van Den Bussche (2003:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1645)
  2. Simmons (2005:461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Monadjem, Demos, Dalton, Webala, Musila, Kerbis Peterhans & Patterson (2020:1140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51199)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41533/22005999) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nycticeinops schlieffenii

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

schlieffenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

816

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Nycticejus Adovanus

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

adovanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876365

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

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

Scotophilus minimus

(Noack, 1887)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

280

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356320

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

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

Scotoecus cinnamomeus

(von Wettstein, 1916)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

cinnamomeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

191

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61889228

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

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