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Vinson's slit faced bat

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Chiroptera

Genus
  
Nycteris

Higher classification
  
Nycteridae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Nycteridae

Scientific name
  
Nycteris vinsoni

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Malagasy slit‑faced bat, Nycteridae, Bat, Mammal, Javan slit‑faced bat

Vinson's slit-faced bat (Nycteris vinsoni) is a species of slit-faced bat known only from two specimens. Both specimens were smoked out of a baobab tree in a national park in southern Mozambique. Virtually nothing is known about this species.

N. vinsoni was once considered a synonym of Nycteris macrotis, but it became recognized as a separate species in 2004. Some, however, still consider N. vinsoni to be a subspecies of N. macrotis. Others believe the correct name for the species should be N. aetheopica.

References

Vinson's slit-faced bat Wikipedia