Gambian slit-faced bat

Species of bat

Gambian 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. gambiensis
Binomial name
Nycteris gambiensis
K. Andersen, 1912

The Gambian slit-faced bat (Nycteris gambiensis) is a species of bat in the family Nycteridae found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and savanna.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Monadjem, A.; Fahr, J.; Bergmans, W. (2017). "Nycteris gambiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14928A22017299. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T14928A22017299.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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Extant species of family Nycteridae
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 gambiensis


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