Vinson's slit-faced bat

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Vinson's slit-faced bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species:
N. vinsoni
Binomial name
Nycteris vinsoni
Dalquest, 1965

Vinson's slit-faced bat (Nycteris vinsoni) is a species of slit-faced bat known only from two specimens. Both specimens were smoked out of a baobab tree in a national park in southern Mozambique. Virtually nothing is known about this species.

N. vinsoni was once considered a synonym of Nycteris macrotis , but it became recognized as a separate species in 2004. Some, however, still consider N. vinsoni to be a subspecies of N. macrotis. Others believe the correct name for the species should be N. aethiopica.

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References

  1. Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M.; Bergmans, W.; Cotterill, F.P.D.; Jacobs, D. (2019). "Nycteris vinsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T44696A22074669. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44696A22074669.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.