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 thebaica
Subspecies: N. t. adana - N. t. angolensis - N. t. brockmani - N. t. capensis - N. t. damarensis - N. t. labiata - N. t. najdiya - N. t. thebaica
Name
Nycteris thebaica E. Geoffroy, 1818
Type locality: Egypt, Thebes (near Luxor).
Synonyms
aethiopicus Heuglin and Fitzinger, 1866
References
E. Geoffroy, 1818. Descrip. de L'Egypte, 2: 119.
Conservation status: IUCN link: Nycteris thebaica (Least Concern)
Distribution
Central Arabia, Israel, Sinai, Egypt, Morocco, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, South Africa, Zanzibar, Pemba
Vernacular names
English: Egyptian Slit-faced Bat.
