Dwarf Slit-Faced Bat

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Dwarf Slit-Faced Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species: N. nana
Binomial name
Nycteris nana
K. Andersen, (1912)

The Dwarf Slit-Faced Bat (Nycteris nana) is a species of slit-faced bat living in forest and savanna regions of Central Africa. Two subspecies have been noted: N. nana nana and N. nana tristis.

[edit] References

  • Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A., Bergmans, W. & Fahr, J. 2004. Nycteris nana. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 13 April 2007.