Nycteris arge

O. Thomas, 1903

Bates's Slit-faced Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Emballonuroidea
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1903-12-01. Three new bats from the Cameroons, discovered by Mr. G.L. Bates. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)12(72):633-635.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993403

Original name as described

Nycteris arge

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.2.8.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/072cefd9-982c-4c0e-8c5a-3700e8195be4

Type locality

"Efulen, Cameroons [= Cameroon]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Benin · Burundi · Cameroon · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Ghana · Guinea · Kenya · Liberia · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Sierra Leone · South Sudan · Tanzania · Togo · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004833

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Nycteris arge

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

arge

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.2.8.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Efulen, Cameroons

Type locality

Cameroon: 2°46′N, 10°42′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/072cefd9-982c-4c0e-8c5a-3700e8195be4

Authority page

633

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993403

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Kershaw (1923:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
Allen (1939:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hayman (1963:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
Eisentraut (1963:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
Koopman (1975:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35441)
Corbet & Hill (1980:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)
Corbet & Hill (1991:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Fahr, Djossa & Vierhaus (2006:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1766)
Happold & Happold (2013:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Weber, Wistuba, Astrin & Decher (2019:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73107)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14926/22016999) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Petalia arge:

Andersen, 1912

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

arge

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

549

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640620

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Andersen (1912:549, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16861)
Allen & Coolidge (1930:576, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)

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