Gambian slit-faced bat

Gambian slit-faced bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species: N. gambiensis
Binomial name
Nycteris gambiensis
(K. Andersen, 1912)

The Gambian slit-faced bat (Nycteris gambiensis) is a species of bat in the family Nycteridae found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. Bergmans, W. & Fahr, J. 2004. Nycteris gambiensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.


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