Hairy slit-faced bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the hairy slit-faced bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Nycteris hispida
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Nycteridae

Where does the hairy slit-faced bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the hairy slit-faced bat in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Benin

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the hairy slit-faced bat endangered?

The hairy slit-faced bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the hairy slit-faced bat?

The hairy slit-faced bat (Nycteris hispida) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Nycteridae, genus Nycteris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the hairy slit-faced bat

The hairy slit-faced bat (Nycteris hispida) is a species of slit-faced bat widely distributed throughout forests and savannas in Africa. Various forest populations in western and central Africa may represent separate species, although this had not been confirmed as of 2007.

Two recognized subspecies exist:

N. h. hispida

N. h. pallida

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hairy slit-faced bat (revision 1369839959), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1833685 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).