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

Malayan slit-faced bat Nycteris tragata Near threatened

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

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 12 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Nycteris tragata
Group	Bats
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Nycteridae

Where does the Malayan slit-faced bat live?

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

Malaysia

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 Malayan slit-faced bat endangered?

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

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

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

About the Malayan slit-faced bat

The Malayan slit-faced bat (Nycteris tragata) is a species of slit-faced bat that lives in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Malayan slit-faced bat (revision 1317608210), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1835301 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).