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SPECIES Nycteris thebaica
Author: | E. Geoffroy, 1818. | Citation: | Descrip. de L'Egypte, 2: 119. | Common Name: | Egyptian Slit-faced Bat | Type Locality: | Egypt, Thebes (near Luxor). | Distribution: | Central Arabia, Israel, Sinai, Egypt, Morocco, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Djibouti, and Kenya, south to South Africa in open country; Zanzibar and Pemba. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | thebaica species group. Reviewed by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). The status of brockmani and damarensis remains unclear; these forms may represent distinct species, see discussion in Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). Also see Harrison and Bates (1991) and Gray et al. (1999). |
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