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.