Nycteris parisii, De Beaux, 1923

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Nycteridae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 374-386 : 385

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6576920

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6418698

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scientific name

Nycteris parisii
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12. View Plate 28: Nycteridae

Parisi’s Slitfaced Bat

Nycteris parisii View in CoL

French: Nyctere de Parisi / German: Parisi-Schlitznase / Spanish: Nicterio de Parisi

Other common names: Parissi's Slit-faced Bat

Taxonomy. Petalia parisii De Beaux, 1923 View in CoL ,

“Balli, Somalia.”

Nycteris paris belongs to the macrotis group. It was previously considered conspecific with N. wood:i. Monotypic.

Distribution. Known from just four localities in N Cameroon, S Ethiopia, and S Somalia. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 46-47 mm, tail 44-50 mm, ear 30 mm, hindfoot 9 mm, forearm 38-41 mm; weight 7 g. Parisi’s Slit-faced Batis very small and has short, rounded wings. Longitudinal cleft runs along top of muzzle, covering noseleaves. Furis long and fluffy, grayish brown dorsally, and grayish ventrally. Ears are long. Wing membranes are dark brown.

Habitat. Riverine forests or swamps in semiarid savanna.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Justfive specimens of Parisi’s Slit-faced Bat have been collected at four widely different geographical locations. Until more information becomes available, Parisi’s Slit-faced Bat will remain one of the poorest known bats on the African continent.

Bibliography. Cotterill (2013f), Thomas et al. (1994), Van Cakenberghe & De Vree (1985), Varty & Hill (1988).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Nycteridae

Genus

Nycteris

Loc

Nycteris parisii

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier 2019
2019
Loc

Petalia parisii

De Beaux 1923
1923
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