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Nycteris grandis

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 grandis

Name

Nycteris grandis Peters, 1865

Type locality: Guinea.

Synonyms

baikii Gray, 1866
marica Kershaw, 1923
proxima L?nnberg and Gyldenstolpe, 1925


References

Peters, 1865. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1865: 358.
Conservation status: IUCN link: Nycteris grandis (Least Concern)


Distribution

Senegal to Congo, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Mozambique
Zanzibar and Pemba


Vernacular names
English: Large Slit-faced Bat.

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