Gambian slit-faced bat

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Gambian slit-faced bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species:
N. gambiensis
Binomial name
Nycteris gambiensis

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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.


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