Egyptian slit-faced bat

Egyptian slit-faced bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species:
N. thebaica
Binomial name
Nycteris thebaica

The Egyptian slit-faced bat (Nycteris thebaica) is a species of slit-faced bat broadly distributed throughout Africa and the Middle East. It is a species of microbat in the family Nycteridae. Six subspecies are known.[1]

  1. ^ a b Monadjem, A.; Fahr, J.; Hutson, A.M.; Mickleburgh, S.; Bergmans, W. (2017). "Nycteris thebaica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14936A22014183. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T14936A22014183.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.