Nycteris thebaica - #216
Egyptian Slit-faced Bat
Close-up view of head and ventral surface
Geographic Distribution
Central Arabia, Israel, Sinai, Egypt, Morocco, Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Djibouti, and Kenya, south to South Africa in open country; Zanzibar and Pemba
Order/Family
Nycteridae
Genus
Nycteris
Specific Epithet
thebaica
Image Location
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Image Date
1975
Photographer
R K LaVal