Nycteris gambiensis K. Andersen 1912

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Nycteridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 391-394 : 392

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scientific name	Nycteris gambiensis K. Andersen 1912
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Nycteris gambiensis K. Andersen 1912 View in CoL

Nycteris gambiensis K. Andersen 1912 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 10: 548.

Type Locality: Senegal, Dialakoto (= Dialocote).

Vernacular Names: Gambian Slit-faced Bat.

Distribution: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Nigeria. A record from Sierra Leone is in error (J. Fahr, pers. comm.).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: thebaica species group. Reviewed by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998).

References

Andersen, K. 1912. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. 1. Megachiroptera. Second ed. British Museum (Natural History), London, 854 pp.

Van Cakenberghe, V., and F. De Vree. 1998. Systematics of African Nycteris (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Part III. The Nycteris thebaica group. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 48: 123 - 166.