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SPECIES Nycticeinops schlieffeni
Author: | Peters, 1859. | Citation: | Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1859: 223. | Common Name: | Schlieffen's Twilight Bat | Type Locality: | Egypt, Cairo. | Distribution: | Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Egypt to Djibouti, Somalia, Mozambique, Mali, Botswana, South Africa, and Namibia; Mauritania and Ghana to Sudan and Tanzania. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as Nycticeius schlieffeni. | Comments: | Includes cinnamomeus; see Koopman (1975). Several poorly defined subspecies are often recognized, but there seems little justification for separation of these taxa. Reviewed in part by Harrison and Bates (1991); see Taylor (2000a) for distribution map. |
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adovanus Heuglin, 1877 africanus Allen, 1911 albiventer Thomas and Wroughton, 1908 australis Thomas and Wroughton, 1908 bedouin Thomas and Wroughton, 1908 cinnamomeus Wettstein, 1916 fitzsimonsi Roberts, 1932 minimus Noack, 1887
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