Nycteris macrotis Dobson 1876

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Nycteridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 391-394 : 392

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scientific name	Nycteris macrotis Dobson 1876
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Nycteris macrotis Dobson 1876 , Monogr. Asiat. Chiroptera : 80.

Type Locality: Sierra Leone.

Vernacular Names: Large-eared Slit-faced Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Nycteris macrotis subsp. macrotis Dobson 1876

Subspecies Nycteris macrotis subsp. aethiopica Dobson 1878

Subspecies Nycteris macrotis subsp. luteola Thomas 1901

Subspecies Nycteris macrotis subsp. oriana Kershaw 1922

Distribution: Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia, south to Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique; Zanzibar.

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

Discussion: macrotis species group. For discussion of synonyms see Koopman (1975, 1992), Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1985), and Kock (1969 a). Does not include madagascariensis ; see Peterson et al. (1995). Does not include vinsoni ; see Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). See Taylor (2000 a) for distribution map.