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Parissi's slit faced bat

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Nycteridae

Scientific name
  
Nycteris parisii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Chiroptera

Genus
  
Nycteris

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Malagasy slit‑faced bat, Eloquent horseshoe bat, Rüppell's horseshoe bat, Javan slit‑faced bat

Parissi's slit-faced bat, Nycteris parisii, is a possible species of slit-faced bat that may live in dry savanna regions of East Africa, near the Duba Valley and Benue River along with large rivers. It is only known from three specimens. One was found in northern Cameroon, one from southern Ethiopia, and the third from southern Somalia. Another possible specimen was found in West Africa, but it may be a member of a separate species, N. benuensis.

No specimens have been found since the 1980s. Little is known about the biology or behavior of N. parisii, and roosts have never been found.

References

Parissi's slit-faced bat Wikipedia


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