Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat
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| Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat | |
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| Nycteris thebaica | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Nycteridae |
| Genus: | Nycteris |
| Species: | N. thebaica |
| Binomial name | |
| Nycteris thebaica E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818 |
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The Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat (Nycteris thebaica) is a species of slit-faced bat broadly distributed throughout Africa and the Middle East. It can live in widely diverse habitats, including forests, caves, deserts, savannas, shrublands, and grasslands. Its subspecies include:
- N. thebaica adana
- N. thebaica albiventer
- N. thebaica capensis
- N. thebaica damarensis
- N. thebaica najdiya
- N. thebaica thebaica
[edit] References
- Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A., Bergmans, W. & Fahr, J. 2004. Nycteris thebaica. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 13 April 2007.
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