Bate's slit-faced bat

Bate's slit-faced bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species: N. arge
Binomial name
Nycteris arge
Thomas, 1903

Bate's slit-faced bat (Nycteris arge) is a species of slit-faced bat frequently confused with Nycteris major. It is broadly distributed and common, living throughout many parts of Africa in forests and savannas.[1]

References

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