xrefer - hispid bat (or slit-faced bat) A bat belonging to the family Nycteridae, with 11 species confined to Africa and the Middle East. The description 'slit-faced' refers to the longitudinal groove on the muzzle. [eng]
Slit-faced Bats, or Hollow-faced Bats An old report of N. javanica from Timor was not accepted by Bergmans and Van Bree (1986) or Goodwin (1979). N. madagascariensis of Madagascar is sometimes considered a full species and sometimes a synonym of N. thebaica, but Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1985) indicated that it is a synonym of N. macrotis.
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