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Large-eared slit-faced bat

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Large-eared slit-faced bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species:
N. macrotis
Binomial name
Nycteris macrotis
Dobson, 1876

The large-eared slit-faced bat, Nycteris macrotis, is a species of slit-faced bat which lives in forests and savannas throughout Africa. Nycteris vinsoni was once considered a synonym of N. macrotis, but it became recognized as a separate species in 2004. Some, however, still consider N. vinsoni to be a subspecies of N. macrotis, and consider N. macrotis a species complex.

Three subspecies have been noted: N. m. aethiopica, N. m. luteola, and N. m. macrotis.

References

  1. ^ Monadjem, A.; Bergmans, W.; Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M. (2017). "Nycteris macrotis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14933A22013415. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T14933A22013415.en.


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