Gambian slit-faced bat
| Gambian slit-faced bat | |
|---|---|
| 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 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.[1]
References
- ↑ Bergmans, W. & Fahr, J. 2004. Nycteris gambiensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.