Gambian Slit-faced Bat | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Nycteridae |
Genus: | Nycteris |
Species: | N. gambiensis |
Binomial name | |
Nycteris gambiensis (K. Andersen, 1912) |
The Gambian Slit-faced Bat (Nycteris gambiensis) is a species of bat in the Nycteridae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.