Large slit-faced bat

Large slit-faced bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species:
N. grandis
Binomial name
Nycteris grandis
Peters, 1865

The large slit-faced bat (Nycteris grandis) is a species of slit-faced bat with a broad distribution in forest and savanna habitats in West, Central, and East Africa. N. marica (Kershaw, 1923), is the available name for the southern savanna species if it is recognized as distinct from this species.

  1. ^ Monadjem, A.; Bergmans, W.; Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M. (2017). "Nycteris grandis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14929A22012638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T14929A22012638.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.