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Nycteris gambiensis

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Microchiroptera
Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea
Familia: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species: Nycteris gambiensis

Name

Nycteris gambiensis K. Andersen, 1912

Type locality: Senegal, Dialakoto.

References

K. Andersen, 1912. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 10: 548.
Conservation status: IUCN link: Nycteris gambiensis (Least Concern)


Distribution

Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Nigeria


Vernacular names
English: Gambian Slit-faced Bat.

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