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Nycteris  E. Geoffroy and G. Cuvier, 1795
Taxonomic Serial No.: 631324

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2021   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 – morcego, quiróptero, bats  
                                  SuborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984  
                                     SuperfamilyEmballonuroidea Gervais, 1855  
                                        FamilyNycteridae Van der Hoeven, 1855 – slit-faced bats, hollow-faced bats  
                                           GenusNycteris E. Geoffroy and G. Cuvier, 1795  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Nycteris arge Thomas, 1903 – Bates's Slit-faced Bat 
                                              Species Nycteris aurita (K. Andersen, 1912) – Andersen's Slit-faced Bat 
                                              Species Nycteris gambiensis (K. Andersen, 1912) – Gambian Slit-faced Bat 
                                              Species Nycteris grandis Peters, 1865 – Large Slit-faced Bat 
                                              Species Nycteris hispida (Schreber, 1775) – Hairy Long-eared Bat, Hairy Slit-faced Bat 
                                              Species Nycteris intermedia Aellen, 1959 – Intermediate Slit-faced Bat 
                                              Species Nycteris javanica E. Geoffroy, 1813 – Javan Hollow-faced Bat, Javan Slit-faced Bat 
                                              Species Nycteris macrotis Dobson, 1876 – Large-eared Slit-faced Bat 
                                              Species Nycteris madagascariensis G. Grandidier, 1937 – Malagasy Slit-faced Bat, Madagascar Slit-faced Bat 
                                              Species Nycteris major (K. Andersen, 1912) – Dja Slit-faced Bat 
                                              Species Nycteris nana (K. Andersen, 1912) – Dwarf Slit-faced Bat 
                                              Species Nycteris parisii (De Beaux, 1924) – Parisi's Slit-faced Bat 
                                              Species Nycteris thebaica E. Geoffroy, 1818 – Cape Slit-faced Bat, Cape Long-eared Bat, Common Slit-faced Bat, Egyptian Slit-faced Bat 
                                              Species Nycteris tragata (K. Andersen, 1912) – Malayan Hollow-faced Bat, Malayan Slit-faced Bat 
                                              Species Nycteris woodi K. Andersen, 1914 – Wood's Long-eared Bat, Wood's Slit-faced Bat 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Don E. Wilson  
  Notes: Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108   
  Reference for: Nycteris    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Chiroptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 312-529   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Nycteris   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9: Bats   
  Page(s): 1008   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728190   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nycteris   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Nycteris   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: Hall (1981) disregarded ICZN Opinion 111 and used Nycteris Borkhausen, 1797 for the Nearctic genus commonly known as Lasiurus Gray, 1831, but few other authors followed this usage and Nycteris is now universally used for Slit-faced Bats of the Old World. Revised by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1985, 1993a, b, 1998). Thomas et al. (1994) summarized character variation and identified species groups, which we follow here with modifications based on Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1993a). For a ke...  
 

 

    

 
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