| Andersen's slit-faced bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Nycteridae |
| Genus: | Nycteris |
| Species: | N. aurita
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| Binomial name | |
| Nycteris aurita K. Andersen, 1912
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Andersen's slit-faced bat (Nycteris aurita) is a slit-faced bat species found in East Africa. It has been recorded in Somaliland, through South Sudan and Ethiopia, into Kenya and Tanzania. No information is available on the population size of this species, which inhabits savanna habitats and semidesert.[1]
- ^ a b Monadjem, A.; Bergmans, W.; Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M. (2017). "Nycteris aurita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14927A22017608. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T14927A22017608.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.