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.
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