Biology:Large-eared slit-faced bat

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Short description: Species of bat

Large-eared slit-faced bat
Nycteris macrotis.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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 identified: N. m. aethiopica, N. m. luteola, and N. m. macrotis.[citation needed]

References

  1. Monadjem, A.; Bergmans, W.; Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M. (2017). "Nycteris macrotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T14933A22013415. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T14933A22013415.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14933/22013415. Retrieved 14 March 2022. 

Wikidata ☰ Q576412 entry