Nycteris grandis

Nycteris grandis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Emballonuroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Emballonuroidea

Familia: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species: Nycteris grandis

Name

Nycteris grandis Peters, 1865

Type locality: Guinea.

Synonyms

• baikii Gray, 1866
• marica Kershaw, 1923
• proxima L?nnberg and Gyldenstolpe, 1925

References

• Peters, 1865. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1865: 358.
• Kershaw, P.S. 1923. On some small mammals from Tanganyika Territory. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) 12: 534–536. DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632970 .
• Conservation status: IUCN: Nycteris grandis  (Least Concern)

Distribution

• Senegal to Congo, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Mozambique
• Zanzibar and Pemba

Vernacular names

English: Large Slit-faced Bat