Hairy slit-faced bat
| Hairy slit-faced bat | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Nycteridae |
| Genus: | Nycteris |
| Species: | N. hispida |
| Binomial name | |
| Nycteris hispida Schreber, (1775) | |
The hairy slit-faced bat, Nycteris hispida, is a species of slit-faced bat widely distributed throughout forests and savannas in Africa. Two recognized subspecies exist: N. h. hispida and N. h. pallida. Various forest populations in western and central Africa may be a separate species, although that has not been positively identified as of 2007.[1]
References
- ↑ Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A. & Bergmans, W. 2004. Nycteris hispida. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 13 April 2007.