Hairy slit-faced bat

Hairy slit-faced bat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific 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. 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.