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Nycteris
Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795
- slit-faced bats
(mammal)
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Nycteridae (Family) - slit-faced bats
..†Chibanycteris (Genus)
..†Khoufechia (Genus)
..Nycteris (Genus) - slit-faced bats
....Nycteris arge species group (Species group)
....Nycteris hispida species group (Species group)
....Nycteris javanica species group (Species group)
....Nycteris macrotis species group (Species group)
....Nycteris thebaica species group (Species group)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & G. Cuvier, 1795
Original name
:
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. & Cuvier, G. 1795:186.
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:
Types
Type of
:
Nycteridae
(Family)
van der Hoeven, 1855
Type, by original designation
:
Nycteris hispida
(Schreber, 1775)
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Lasiurus
(Genus)
Gray, 1831
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
spleetneusvleermuizen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
slit-faced bats
:
hollow-faced bats
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