Nycteris major

(Andersen, 1912)

Dja 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

Andersen, K.C. 1912-11-01. Brief diagnoses of eight new Petalia, with a list of the known forms of the genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)10(59):546-550.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640618

Original name as described

Petalia major

Other common names

Ja Slit-faced Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1909.10.2.49

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/24f52c2a-690c-4fbe-a26c-9503d1ff6e21

Type locality

"Dja R[iver]., Cameroons [= Cameroon]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Guinea · Liberia · Zambia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004842

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Petalia major

Andersen, 1912

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

major

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.10.2.49

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Ja R., Cameroons

Type locality

Cameroon.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/24f52c2a-690c-4fbe-a26c-9503d1ff6e21

Authority page

547

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640618

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Andersen (1912:547, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16861)

Nycteris avakubia

J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, H. Lang, & Chapin, 1917

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

avakubia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-49403

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Avakubi, Belgian Congo

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49403

Authority page

426

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nycteris major:

P. S. Kershaw, 1923

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

357

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989859

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Kershaw (1923:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
Allen (1939:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Eisentraut (1963:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
Corbet & Hill (1980:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:162) (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 (2006:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1766)
Happold & Happold (2013:453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14934/22013659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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