Nycteris E. Geoffroy and G. Cuvier 1795

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Nycteris E. Geoffroy and G. Cuvier 1795

Nycteris E. Geoffroy and G. Cuvier 1795 , Mag. Encyclop., 2: 186.

Type Species: Vespertilio hispidus Schreber 1774

Synonyms: Petalia Gray 1838 ; Pelatia Gray 1866 .

Species and subspecies: 16 species with 18 subspecies:

Species Nycteris arge Thomas 1903

Species Nycteris aurita K. Andersen 1912

Species Nycteris gambiensis K. Andersen 1912

Species Nycteris grandis Peters 1865

Species Nycteris hispida (Schreber 1775)

Species Nycteris intermedia Aellen 1959

Species Nycteris javanica E. Geoffroy 1813

Subspecies Nycteris javanica subsp. javanica E. Geoffroy 1813

Subspecies Nycteris javanica subsp. bastiani Bergmans and van Bree 1986

Species Nycteris macrotis Dobson 1876

Subspecies Nycteris macrotis subsp. macrotis Dobson 1876

Subspecies Nycteris macrotis subsp. aethiopica Dobson 1878

Subspecies Nycteris macrotis subsp. luteola Thomas 1901

Subspecies Nycteris macrotis subsp. oriana Kershaw 1922

Species Nycteris madagascariensis Grandidier 1937

Species Nycteris major K. Andersen 1912

Species Nycteris nana K. Andersen 1912

Species Nycteris parisii De Beaux 1924

Subspecies Nycteris parisii subsp. parisii De Beaux 1924

Subspecies Nycteris parisii subsp. benuensis Aellen 1952

Species Nycteris thebaica E. Geoffroy 1818

Subspecies Nycteris thebaica subsp. thebaica E. Geoffroy 1818

Subspecies Nycteris thebaica subsp. adana K. Anderen 1912

Subspecies Nycteris thebaica subsp. angolensis Peters 1870

Subspecies Nycteris thebaica subsp. brockmani K. Andersen 1912

Subspecies Nycteris thebaica subsp. capensis A. Smith 1829

Subspecies Nycteris thebaica subsp. damarensis Peters 1870

Subspecies Nycteris thebaica subsp. labiata Heuglin 1861

Subspecies Nycteris thebaica subsp. najdiya Nader and Kock 1982

Species Nycteris tragata K. Andersen 1912

Species Nycteris vinsoni Dalquest 1965

Species Nycteris woodi K. Andersen 1914

Subspecies Nycteris woodi subsp. woodi K. Andersen 1914

Subspecies Nycteris woodi subsp. sabiensis Roberts 1946

Discussion: Hall (1981) disregarded ICZN Opinion 111 and used Nycteris Borkhausen, 1797 for the Nearctic genus commonly known as Lasiurus Gray, 1831 , but few other authors followed this usage and Nycteris is now universally used for Slit-faced Bats of the Old World. Revised by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1985, 1993 a, b, 1998). Thomas et al. (1994) summarized character variation and identified species groups, which we follow here with modifications based on Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1993 a). For a key to the genus see Gray et al. (1999), but note that they did not distinguish all species recognized here.