Hairy slit-faced bat

Species of bat

Hairy slit-faced bat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 represent separate species, although this had not been confirmed as of 2007.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Monadjem, A.; Bergmans, W.; Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M. (2017). "Nycteris hispida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14930A22012843. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T14930A22012843.en. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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Extant species of family Nycteridae
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Mammalia
  • Infraclass: Eutheria
  • Superorder: Laurasiatheria
  • Order: Chiroptera
Nycteris
  • Bates's slit-faced bat (N. arge)
  • Andersen's slit-faced bat (N. aurita)
  • Gambian slit-faced bat (N. gambiensis)
  • Large slit-faced bat (N. grandis)
  • Hairy slit-faced bat (N. hispida)
  • Intermediate slit-faced bat (N. intermedia)
  • Javan slit-faced bat (N. javanica)
  • Large-eared slit-faced bat (N. macrotis)
  • Malagasy slit-faced bat (N. madagascariensis)
  • Ja slit-faced bat (N. major)
  • Dwarf slit-faced bat (N. nana)
  • Parissi's slit-faced bat (N. parisii)
  • Egyptian slit-faced bat (N. thebaica)
  • Malayan slit-faced bat (N. tragata)
  • Vinson's slit-faced bat (N. vinsoni)
  • Wood's slit-faced bat (N. woodi)
Taxon identifiers
Nycteris hispida
Vespertilio hispidus


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