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SPECIES Nycteris nana

Author:K. Andersen, 1912.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 10: 547.
Common Name:Dwarf Slit-faced Bat
Type Locality:Equatorial Guinea, Rio Muni, Benito River.
Distribution:Côte d’Ivoire to NE Angola, W Kenya, and SW Sudan. A record from Tanzania actually represents intermedia (J. Fahr, pers. comm.).
Status:IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:arge species group. Includes tristis; see Koopman (1975) and Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1985).
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    tristis Allen and Lawrence, 1936

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