Species Nycteris grandis Peters, 1865 (Large slit-faced bat)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Chiroptera
  • ---- family: Nycteridae
  • ----- species: Nycteris grandis
Characteristics:carnivore; length: 16 cm, wing: 35 cm; reddish brown upperparts, greyish underparts; long erect ears; facial slit surrounded by nose-leaves, the tip of the tail is bifurcated;
Countries:
MZ
Mozambique
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT1006
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 56
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/23718823
Date: 2013-03-18
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Comments: Nycteris grandis in drainage pipe under dirt road
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/23718824
Date: 2013-03-18
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Comments: Nycteris grandis in drainage pipe under dirt road
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/24798830
Date: 2012-10-16
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
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