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GENUS Nycteris
| Author: | E. Geoffroy and G. Cuvier, 1795. | | Citation: | Mag. Encyclop., 2: 186. | | Type Species: | Vespertilio hispidus Schreber, 1774 [nomen nudum, validated by Opinion 111 of the International Commission, 1929]. | | Comments: | Hall (1981) disregarded ICZN Opinion 111 and used Nycteris Borkhausen, 1797 for the Nearctic genus commonly known as Lasiurus Gray, 1831, but few other authors followed this usage and Nycteris is now universally used for Slit-faced Bats of the Old World. Revised by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1985, 1993a, b, 1998). Thomas et al. (1994) summarized character variation and identified species groups, which we follow here with modifications based on Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1993a). For a key to the genus see Gray et al. (1999), but note that they did not distinguish all species recognized here. |
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