Andersen's Slit-faced Bat

Andersen's Slit-faced Bat
Andersen's Slit-faced Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species: N. aurita
Binomial name
Nycteris aurita
K. Andersen, (1912)

Andersen's Slit-faced Bat (Nycteris aurita) is a species of slit-faced bat living in the savanna and desert regions of East Africa. Very little is known about this species. Some scientists rate this species as "near threatened", but the World Conservation Union does not believe that enough information is available to make an accurate assessment. Its taxonomy is debated as well; Koopman in Wilson and Reeder (1993) refers to this as a synonym of Nycteris hispida, but most specialists now recognise N. aurita as a valid, separate species.

References

  • Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A. & Bergmans, W. 2004. Nycteris aurita. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 13 April 2007.




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