Large Slit-Faced Bat

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Large Slit-Faced Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species: N. grandis
Binomial name
Nycteris grandis
Peters, 1865

The Large Slit-Faced Bat (Nycteris grandis) is a species of slit-faced bat with a broad distribution in forest and savanna habitats. N. marica (Kershaw, 1923), is the available name for the southern savanna species if it is recognized as distinct from this species.

[edit] References

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