Cnephaeus hottentotus bensoni
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Nycticeiini
Genus: Cnephaeus
Species: Cnephaeus hottentotus
Subspecies: Cnephaeus hottentotus bensoni
Name
[edit]Cnephaeus hottentotus bensoni (Roberts, 1946)
- Holotype: TM 9167, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Constantine Walter Benson on 31 October 1939.
- Type locality: “Ncheu [=Ntcheu], Nyasaland [=Malawi]”.
Combinations
[edit]- Eptesicus hottentotus bensoni Roberts, 1946: 305 [original combination]
Native distribution areas
[edit]- E Zambia
- Malawi
- NW Mozambique
- Zimbabwe
- Botswana
- Lesotho
- E South Africa
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Roberts, A. 1946. Descriptions of numerous new subspecies of mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(4): 303–328.
Additional references
[edit]- Kearney, T.C., Van Cakenberghe, V., Seamark, E.C.J., Ndhlovu, C. & Cohen, L. 2008. Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of Eptesicus hottentotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and reidentification of some museum voucher specimens. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 45: 127–134.