Nycteris tragata

(Andersen, 1912)

Malayan Slit-faced Bat

Close-up view of head. Also as Malayan Hollow-faced Bat.
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Location:Malaysia, Sabah, Panggi CavesDate taken:1 January 1984Description:Close-up view of head. Also as Malayan Hollow-faced Bat.

Distribution :

Burma, Thailand, W Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1438

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/18640617

Original name as described

Petalia tragata

Other common names

Malayan Hollow-faced Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.3.31.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/298de46b-fa58-4749-85c5-f766180e61f6

Type locality

"Bidi Caves, Sarawak, " Borneo.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Brunei · Indonesia · Malaysia · Myanmar · Singapore · Thailand

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004846

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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 tragata

Andersen, 1912

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

tragata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.3.31.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Bidi Caves, Sarawak

Type locality

Malaysia: Sarawak.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/298de46b-fa58-4749-85c5-f766180e61f6

Authority page

546

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640617

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Andersen (1912:546, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16861)

Nycteris javanica tragata:

Chasen, 1940

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

tragata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

36

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Davis (1962:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
Medway (1965:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)

Nycteris tragata:

Tate, 1941

Family

Nycteridae

Root name

tragata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

11

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Tate (1941:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2120)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:135) (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)
Kofron (2002:269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2188)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14937/22014643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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