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

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

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

Where does the large slit-faced bat live?

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

Ivory Coast

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 large slit-faced bat endangered?

The large 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 large slit-faced bat?

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

About the large slit-faced bat

The large slit-faced bat (Nycteris grandis) is a species of slit-faced bat with a broad distribution in forest and savanna habitats in West, Central, and East Africa. N. marica (Kershaw, 1923), is the available name for the southern savanna species if it is recognized as distinct from this species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Large slit-faced bat (revision 1314640640), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q763535 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).