Nycteris macrotis Dobson 1876

Monadjem, Ara, Schoeman, M. Corrie, Reside, April, P Io, Dorothea V., Stoffberg, Samantha, Bayliss, Julian, (Woody) Cotterill, F. P. D., Curran, Michael, Kopp, Mirjam & Taylor, Peter J., 2010, A recent inventory of the bats of Mozambique with documentation of seven new species for the country, Acta Chiropterologica 12 (2), pp. 371-391 : 381

Nycteris macrotis Dobson 1876

Four specimens were collected from three sites in southern, central and northern Mozambique. Live individuals can be confused with N. thebaica , but N. macrotis is slightly larger with longer forearm, and is easily distinguished by the semi-lunate tragus.

The skull morphology of the two species differs significantly with N. macrotis having a more robust skull with a longer condylo-incisive length (> 18.8 mm) ( Monadjem et al., 2010).

Field measurements: FA (adult male) 52.0 ± 1.40 (50.4–53.0, 3); Bm (adult male) 16.7 (15.0–17.5, 3); FA (adult female) 52.2 (1); Bm (adult female) 16.0 (1).