Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat

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Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species: N. thebaica
Binomial name
Nycteris thebaica
E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818

The Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat (Nycteris thebaica) is a species of slit-faced bat broadly distributed throughout Africa and the Middle East. It can live in widely diverse habitats, including forests, caves, deserts, savannas, shrublands, and grasslands. Its subspecies include:

  • N. thebaica adana
  • N. thebaica albiventer
  • N. thebaica capensis
  • N. thebaica damarensis
  • N. thebaica najdiya
  • N. thebaica thebaica

[edit] References

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