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SPECIES Nycteris gambiensis

Author:K. Andersen, 1912.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 10: 548.
Common Name:Gambian Slit-faced Bat
Type Locality:Senegal, Dialakoto (= Dialocote).
Distribution:Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Nigeria. A record from Sierra Leone is in error (J. Fahr, pers. comm.).
Status:IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:thebaica species group. Reviewed by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998).
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