Wood's slit-faced bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Wood's slit-faced bat Nycteris woodi Least concern

Where the Wood's 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-collected museum specimen (a central record among 18 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

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

Where does the Wood's slit-faced bat live?

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

Zambia

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 Wood's slit-faced bat endangered?

The Wood's 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 Wood's slit-faced bat?

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

About the Wood's slit-faced bat

Wood's slit-faced bat (Nycteris woodi) is a species of slit-faced bat that lives in the dry savanna regions of Southern Africa. Its numbers are declining due to habitat loss from logging and farming, pesticide use, and the decline of baobab trees on which these bats depend for roost sites.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Wood's slit-faced bat (revision 1315225334), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q960757 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).