Large-eared slit-faced bat
| Large-eared slit-faced bat | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Nycteridae |
| Genus: | Nycteris |
| Species: | N. macrotis |
| Binomial name | |
| Nycteris macrotis Dobson, 1876 | |
The large-eared slit-faced bat, Nycteris macrotis, is a species of slit-faced bat which lives in forests and savannas throughout Africa. Nycteris vinsoni was once considered a synonym of N. macrotis, but it became recognized as a separate species in 2004. Some, however, still consider N. vinsoni to be a subspecies of N. macrotis, and consider N. macrotis a species complex.
Three subspecies have been noted: N. m. aethiopica, N. m. luteola, and N. m. macrotis.
References
- Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A., Bergmans, W. & Cotterill, F.W. 2004. Nycteris macrotis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 13 April 2007.