Life Mammalia Chiroptera Nycteridae

• Nycteris arge Thomas, 1903 Sierra Leone - to (S.Zaire, E.Zaire), W.Kenya, SW.Sudan, NE.Angola, Bioko. See [maps] Liuskanaamalepakko

  • Nycteris arge Thomas, 1903; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 12: 633; TL: Cameroun, Efulen

  • Nycteris arge; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  Range includes Nycteris intermedia.

• Nycteris gambiensis (K. Andersen, 1912) Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Gambia, Togo, Upper Volta, Benin. See [maps]

  • gambiensis (K. Andersen, 1912); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 548; TL: Senegal, Dialakoto

  • Nycteris gambiensis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Nycteris grandis Peters, 1865 Senegal - Zaire - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda - Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zanzibar, Pemba, Namibia?. See [maps]

  • Nycteris grandis Peters, 1865; Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 358; TL: "Guinea"

  • Nycteris grandis grandis; [iNaturalist]
  • Nycteris grandis marica; [iNaturalist]
  • Nycteris grandis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Nycteris hispida (Schreber, 1775) Senegal - Somalia - Angola, South Africa, Zanzibar, Bioko. See [maps]

  • Vespertilio hispidus Schreber, 1775; Saugethiere, 1: 169, 188; TL: Senegal
  • aurita
  • pallida

  • Nycteris aurita; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Nycteris hispida; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Nycteris intermedia

  • Nycteris intermedia; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Nycteris javanica Geoffroy, 1813 Java, Bali. See [maps]

  • Nycteris javanica Geoffroy, 1813; Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 20: 20; TL: Java

  • Nycteris javanica; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Nycteris javanicus;
• Nycteris macrotis Dobson, 1876 Senegal - Ethiopia - Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zanzibar. See [maps]

  • Nycteris macrotis Dobson, 1876; Monogr. Asiat. Chiroptera: 80; TL: Sierra Leone
  • Nycteris aethiopica
  • luteola
  • major J. A. Allen, 1917

  • Nycteris macrotis macrotis; [iNaturalist]
  • Nycteris macrotis oriana; [iNaturalist]
  • Nycteris macrotis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• ?Nycteris madagascariensis G. Grandidier, 1937 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Nycteris madagascariensis G. Grandidier, 1937; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris (2) 9: 353; TL: Madagascar, Valley of the Rodo

  • Nycteris madagascariensis; [CoL]
• Nycteris major (K. Andersen, 1912) Benin, Cameroun, Congo Republic, S.Zaire, E.Zaire, Gabon. See [maps]

  • major (K. Andersen, 1912); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 547; TL: Cameroun, Ja River

  • Nycteris major; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Nycteris nana (K. Andersen, 1912) Ghana - NE.Angola, S.Zaire, E.Zaire, W.Kenya, SW.Sudan, Uganda, W.Tanzania. See [maps]

  • nana (K. Andersen, 1912); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 547; TL: Equatorial Guinea, Rio Muni, Benito River
  • tristis

  • Nycteris nana; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• ?Nycteris parisii (De Beaux, 1924) N.Cameroun, S.Somalia, Ethiopia, S.Tanzania?. See [maps]

  • parisii (De Beaux, 1924); Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano, 62: 254; TL: Somalia, Upper Juba, Ballei

  • Nycteris parisii; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Nycteris thebaica Geoffroy, 1818 W.Arabia, Palestine, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Africa (savannah south of Sahara). See [maps] Thebanlepakko

  • Nycteris thebaicus Geoffroy, 1818; Descrip. de L'Egypte 2: 119; TL: Egypt, Thebes (near Luxor)
  • albiventer; (Sudan)

  • Nycteris thebaica capensis; [iNaturalist]
  • Nycteris thebaica thebaica; [iNaturalist]
  • Nycteris thebaica; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Nycteris tragata (K. Andersen, 1912) Burma, Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo. See [maps]

  • tragata (K. Andersen, 1912); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 10: 546; TL: Sarawak, Bidi caves

  • Nycteris tragata; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• ?Nycteris vinsoni Dalquest, 1965 Mozambique. See [maps]

  • Nycteris vinsoni Dalquest, 1965; J. Mammal. 46: 256; TL: Mozambique, Save River (212km S.S.W. Beira)

  = Nycteris thebaica?

• Nycteris woodi K. Andersen, 1914 SE.Zimbabwe, C.Zambia, E.Zambia, SW.Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Nycteris woodi K. Andersen, 1914; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 13: 563; TL: Zambia, Chilanga

  • Nycteris woodi; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

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