Nycticeinops schlieffeni (Peters 1859)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 461

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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scientific name	Nycticeinops schlieffeni (Peters 1859)
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Treatment

[Nycticeius] schlieffeni Peters 1859 , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1859: 223.

Type Locality: Egypt, Cairo.

Vernacular Names: Schlieffen's Twilight Bat.

Synonyms: Nycticeinops adovanus Heuglin 1877 ; Nycticeinops africanus Allen 1911 ; Nycticeinops albiventer Thomas and Wroughton 1908 ; Nycticeinops australis Thomas and Wroughton 1908 ; Nycticeinops bedouin Thomas and Wroughton 1908 ; Nycticeinops cinnamomeus Wettstein 1916 ; Nycticeinops fitzsimonsi Roberts 1932 ; Nycticeinops minimus Noack 1887 .

Distribution: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Egypt to Djibouti, Somalia, Mozambique, Mali, Botswana, South Africa, and Namibia; Mauritania and Ghana to Sudan and Tanzania.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as Nycticeius schlieffeni .

Discussion: Includes cinnamomeus ; see Koopman (1975). Several poorly defined subspecies are often recognized, but there seems little justification for separation of these taxa. Reviewed in part by Harrison and Bates (1991); see Taylor (2000 a) for distribution map.