Nycteris hispida

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Emballonuroidea

Familia: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species: Nycteris hispida

Name

Nycteris hispida Schreber, 1775

Type locality: Senegal.

Synonyms

• daubentoni E. Geoffroy, 1813
• martini Fraser, 1834
• pallida J. A. Allen, 1917
• pilosa Gray, 1866
• poensis Gray, 1843
• villosa Peters, 1852

References

• Schreber, 1775. Die Saugethiere, 1: 169, 188.
• Conservation status: IUCN: Nycteris hispida  (Least Concern)

Distribution

• Senegal, Gambia, and extreme South Mauritania to Somalia and south to Angola, Central Mozambique, Botswana, and Malawi; Zanzibar; Bioko (Equatorial Guinea).

Vernacular names

English: Hairy Slit-faced Bat.