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--> GENUS Otomops
SPECIES Otomops martiensseni
Author: | Matschie, 1897. | Citation: | Arch. Naturgesch., 63(1): 84. | Common Name: | Large-eared Giant Mastiff Bat | Type Locality: | Tanzania, W of Tanga, SE Usambara Mtns, Magrotto Plantation. | Distribution: | Yemen; Djibouti and Central African Republic to Angola and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa); Ghana. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Formerly included madagascariensis (e.g., Hayman and Hill, 1971; Koopman, 1993, 1994), but see Peterson et al. (1995). Reviewed by Al-Jumaily (1999). |
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