Large-eared slit-faced bat

Large-eared slit-faced bat
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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

^ Monadjem, A.; Bergmans, W.; Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M. (2017). "Nycteris macrotis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14933A22013415.

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[iucn_2017-1] Monadjem, A.; Bergmans, W.; Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M. (2017). "Nycteris macrotis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14933A22013415.

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