Hairy slit-faced bat

Hairy slit-faced bat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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

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