Nycteris nana

(Andersen, 1912)

Dwarf 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 nana

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1900.2.5.46

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/354cd84d-96a2-40b9-a546-c1c6146c3123

Type locality

"Benito R[iver]., French Congo [= Equatorial Guinea]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Burundi · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Ghana · Kenya · South Sudan · Uganda · Republic of the Congo? · Rwanda? · Togo?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004843

Country distribution map

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Petalia nana

Andersen, 1912

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

nana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.2.5.46

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Benito R., French Congo

Type locality

Equatorial Guinea: Río Muni.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/354cd84d-96a2-40b9-a546-c1c6146c3123

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 nana tristis

G. M. Allen & B. Lawrence, 1936

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

tristis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:31156

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kenya.

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:31156

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2828692

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:126, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nycteris nana:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

nana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782124

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Koopman (1975:375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35441)
Corbet & Hill (1980:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:126, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)
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)
Happold & Happold (2013:455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14935) (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/1004843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14935/22013866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nycteris nana nana:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

nana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782124

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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