Nycteris hispida (Schreber, 1774)

Bates, Paul J. J., Cameron, Kenneth, Pearch, Malcolm J. & Hayes, Benjamin, 2013, A review of the bats (Chiroptera) of the Republic of Congo, including eight species new to the country, Acta Chiropterologica 15 (2), pp. 313-340 : 322-323

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3161/150811013X678955

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4332340

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/837C87DB-FF9E-C071-FC00-FD6BFD83FDE1

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scientific name

Nycteris hispida (Schreber, 1774)
status

 

Nycteris hispida (Schreber, 1774) View in CoL

Hairy slit-faced bat

Vespertilio hispidus Schreber, 1774: 169, 188 ; Senegal.

New material

HZM.52.40188 , ♂, 4 August, 2012, Waterfall forest , Lekoumou, 2°45.545’S, 13°36.342’E. GoogleMaps Previous records included in Appendix I View APPENDIX ; the known distribution corresponds to localities 15, 24, 26, 29, and 31 in Fig. 1 View FIG . This is one of the most common nycterids in Africa ( Happold and Happold, 2013).

Description

A very small species of slit-faced bat with a forearm length of 35.8 mm. The face is characterised by a noseleaf which comprises two flaps of skin, which give the impression of a slit running down the length of the muzzle. For Nycteris , the ears of this species are relatively short and the tragus has a smooth, curved, outer margin ( Fig. 7C View FIG ). The skull is short (damaged in this specimen) and the upper toothrow (C–M 3) is 5.58 mm in length. Both the upper and lower incisors are trifid ( Fig. 7A and B View FIG ). The posterior lower premolar is small ( Fig. 7A View FIG ). The baculum is 3.0 mm in length and characteristically hooked at the tip, with a slender, curved shaft and a slightly bilobate base ( Fig. 7D View FIG ); for comparison with other African Nycteris taxa see Thomas et al. (1994) and Happold and Happold (2013).

Taxonomic notes

Specimens from Congo are referred to the nominate subspecies ( Van Cakenberghe and De Vree, 1993; Happold and Happold, 2013).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Nycteridae

Genus

Nycteris

Loc

Nycteris hispida (Schreber, 1774)

Bates, Paul J. J., Cameron, Kenneth, Pearch, Malcolm J. & Hayes, Benjamin 2013
2013
Loc

Vespertilio hispidus

Vespertilio hispidus Schreber, 1774: 169, 188
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