Gambian slit-faced bat

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 forest and savanna.^[1]

Gambian slit-faced bat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Nycteridae
Genus:	Nycteris
Species:	N. gambiensis
Binomial name
Nycteris gambiensis K. Andersen, 1912

References

1. Monadjem, A.; Fahr, J.; Bergmans, W. (2017). "Nycteris gambiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14928A22017299. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T14928A22017299.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.