Bates's slit-faced bat
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Nycteridae |
| Genus: | Nycteris |
| Species: | N. arge
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| Nycteris arge Thomas, 1903
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Bates's slit-faced bat (Nycteris arge) is a species of
Nycteris major. It is broadly distributed and common, living throughout many parts of Africa in forests and savannas.[1]
It was described as a new species in 1903 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. The holotype had been collected from Cameroon by George Latimer Bates.[2]
Description
Bates's slit-faced bat, as the common name suggests, has a "deep median furrow" down its face. Its ears are large and rounded. Its dental formula is 2.1.1.33.1.2.3 for a total of 32 teeth.[3] It has a particularly large brain for an insectivorous bat species.[4]
Range and status
It is found throughout
Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. It is found in lowland areas.[1]
In 2017, it was evaluated as a
IUCN.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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- ^ Thomas, N. M.; Harrison, D. L.; Bates, P. J. J. (1994). "A study of the baculum in the genus Nycteris (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Nycteridae) with consideration of its taxonomic importance". Bonner zoologische Beiträge. 45 (1): 17–31.
- doi:10.1139/z70-075.