NYCTERIDAE, Van der Hoeven, 1855

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Nycteridae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 374-386 : 374

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6576920

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6418552

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D264C-754F-D70B-84D4-FE3C55D7FB15

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Plazi

scientific name

NYCTERIDAE
status

 

Family NYCTERIDAE View in CoL

(SLIT-FACED BATS)

• Small to medium-sized with relatively long and thick pelage, small eyes, distinctive cleft running longitudinally along muzzle that covers noseleaves, and long ears.

• 7-17cm. View Figure

• Afrotropical and Indo-Malayan regions. View Figure

• Deserts, arid grasslands, savannas, and tropical forests from sea level to mid-elevations on mountains.

• 1 genus, 15 species, 15 axa.

• 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Nycteridae

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