Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Microchiroptera
Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea
Familia: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species: Nycteris hispida
Name
Nycteris hispida Schreber, 1775
Type locality: Senegal.
Synonyms
daubentoni E. Geoffroy, 1813
martini Fraser, 1834
pallida J. A. Allen, 1917
pilosa Gray, 1866
poensis Gray, 1843
villosa Peters, 1852
References
Schreber, 1775. Die Saugethiere, 1: 169, 188.
Conservation status: IUCN link: Nycteris hispida (Least Concern)
Distribution
Senegal, Gambia, and extreme South Mauritania to Somalia and south to Angola, Central Mozambique, Botswana, and Malawi; Zanzibar; Bioko (Equatorial Guinea).
Vernacular names
English: Hairy Slit-faced Bat.
