Vinson's slit-faced bat

Vinson's slit-faced bat
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Nycteridae
Genus:	Nycteris
Species:	N. vinsoni
Binomial name
	Nycteris vinsoni; Dalquest, 1965

Vinson's slit-faced bat (Nycteris vinsoni) is a species of slit-faced bat known only from two specimens. Both specimens were smoked out of a baobab tree in a national park in southern Mozambique. Virtually nothing is known about this species.

N. vinsoni was once considered a synonym of Nycteris macrotis, but it became recognized as a separate species in 2004. Some, however, still consider N. vinsoni to be a subspecies of N. macrotis. Others believe the correct name for the species should be N. aetheopica.

References

^ Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M.; Bergmans, W.; Cotterill, F.P.D.; Jacobs, D. (2008). "Nycteris vinsoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T44696A10928830.

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[iucn_2008-1] Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M.; Bergmans, W.; Cotterill, F.P.D.; Jacobs, D. (2008). "Nycteris vinsoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T44696A10928830.

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