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Nycticeinops schlieffeni

Order: Chiroptera > Family: Vespertilionidae > Genus: Nycticeinops > Species: Nycticeinops schlieffeni

Common Name: Schlieffen's Bat [English]

Type Description

Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1859:223.

Type Locality

Egypt, Cairo.

Measurements

Head and body: 40-56 mm
Tail length: 26-37 mm
Forearm Length: 29-35 mm
Weight: 6-9 g

Description

Look for swellings on the muzzle.

Key References

1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Insectivores and Bats). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2A:267, 288-289.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 133.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1:414-418, 437-438.
4. Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera, pp. 312-529. In Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.