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--> FAMILY Nycteridae
--> GENUS Nycteris
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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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
tristis Allen and Lawrence, 1936
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