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Seven subspecies ( thebaica , angolensis, brockmani, capensis, damarensis, labiata, and najdiya) have been named, but their taxonomic validity needs revision. Monotypic.; [batnames2022]  thebaica species group. Reviewed by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). The status of brockmani and damarensis remains unclear; these forms may represent distinct species, see discussion in Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). Also see Harrison and Bates (1991) and Gray et al.(1999).; [IUCN]  South Africa  Meester et al. (1986) recognised three subspecies in the region; however, these threepopulations do not appear to occupy geographically isolated areas and because they represent stages in a gradual cline in characters from east to west where individuals in the east tend to be darker and smaller, while those from the Northern Cape and Namibia are significantly larger and distinctly paler (Monadjem et al. 2010), we do not recognise any subspecies in southern Africa.; [batnames2023]  thebaica species group. Reviewed by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). The status of brockmani and damarensis remains unclear; these forms may represent distinct species, see discussion in Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). Also see Harrison and Bates (1991) and Gray et al.(1999).; [batnames2025_1.7] thebaica species group. Reviewed by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). The status of brockmani and damarensis remains unclear; these forms may represent distinct species, see discussion in Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). Also see Harrison and Bates (1991) and Gray et al.(1999).						adana, affinis, albiventer, angolensis, aurantiaca, brockmani, capensis, damarensis, discolor, fuliginosa, labiata, media, najdiya, revoilii.	brockmani, media, adana, najdiya, thebaica, labiata, capensis, angolensis, damarensis	thebaica, adana, angolensis, brockmani, capensis, damarensis, labiata, najdiya	albiventer, geoffroyi, senegalensis; brockmani - media; capensis - affinis, discolor, fuliginosa; labiata - aurantiaca, revoilii ; Unassigned - aethiopicus			thebaica, adana, angolensis, brockmani, capensis, damarensis, labiata, najdiya	thebaica - albiventer, geoffroyi, senegalensis; brockmani - media; capensis - affinis, discolor, fuliginosa; labiata - aurantiaca, revoilii; Unassigned - aethiopicus	thebaica, geoffroyi, affinis, capensis, albiventer, discolor, fuliginosa, labiata, aethiopicus, senegalensis, angolensis, damarensis, revoilii, adana, brockmani, media, aurantiaca, najdiya	 South Africa  Meester et al. (1986) recognised three subspecies in the region; however, these threepopulations do not appear to occupy geographically isolated areas and because they represent stages in a gradual cline in characters from east to west where individuals in the east tend to be darker and smaller, while those from the Northern Cape and Namibia are significantly larger and distinctly paler (Monadjem et al. 2010), we do not recognise any subspecies in southern Africa.	thebaica, adana, angolensis, brockmani, capensis, damarensis, labiata, najdiya, Unassigned	thebaica - albiventer, geoffroyi, senegalensis; brockmani - media; capensis - affinis, discolor, fuliginosa; labiata - aurantiaca, revoilii; Unassigned - aethiopicus	thebaica, geoffroyi, affinis, capensis, albiventer, discolor, fuliginosa, labiata, aethiopicus, senegalensis, angolensis, damarensis, revoilii, adana, brockmani, media, aurantiaca, najdiya	thebaica, geoffroyi, affinis, capensis, thebaius, albiventris, discolor, fuliginosa, labiata, senegalensis, angolensis, damarensis, revoilii, adana, brockmani, media, aurantiaca, najdiya	adana, angolensis, brockmani, capensis, damarensis, labiata, najdiya, thebaica 	aethiopicus; brockmani - media; capensis - affinis, discolor, fuliginosa; labiata - aurantiaca, revoilii; thebaica - albiventer, geoffroyi, senegalensis	thebaica É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1813|geoffroyi A. G. Desmarest, 1821|affinis A. Smith, 1829|capensis A. Smith, 1829|thebaius Lesson, 1836 [incorrect subsequent spelling]|albiventris J. A. Wagner, 1840|discolor J. A. Wagner, 1840|fuliginosa W. C. H. Peters, 1851|labiata von Heuglin, 1861|senegalensis Hartmann, 1868|angolensis W. C. H. Peters, 1871|damarensis W. C. H. Peters, 1871|revoilii Robin, 1881|adana (Andersen, 1912)|brockmani (Andersen, 1912)|media (Andersen, 1912)|aurantiaca (De Beaux, 1923)|najdiya Nader & Kock, 1982		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.	Egyptian slit-faced bat	Africa S of Sahara, Morocco, Egypt, Israel, Arabia	Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. and Koeppl, J.W. 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press, Lawrence, 694 pp.	Nycteris thebaica	Egypt, Thebes (near Luxor).	E. Geoffroy	1818	Descrip, de L'Egypte, 2:119.	Distribution: Widely distributed in savanna and semi-desert regions of sub-Saharan Africa, south to the Cape Province, and north to Morocco on the west and Egypt on the east, continuing north east to Northern Israel. Also central and south eastern Arabia.		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1991. A World List of Mammalian Species. Third edition. Oxford University Press, London, 243 pp. ISBN 0-19-854017-5	Egyptian slit-faced bat vagrant)	Africa S of Sahara, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Arabia, S Oman; Corfu (probably	Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137–242 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.	E. Geoffroy	1818	Descrip, de L'Egypte, 2:119.		Central Arabia; Israel; Sinai; Egypt to Morocco, Senegal, Benin, Somalia and Kenya, thence south to South Africa in open country; Zanzibar and Pemba.	Egypt, Thebes (near Luxor).		E. GEOFFROY	1818	Size medium to fairly large (forearm length, 34-52 mm; condylocanine length, 15-19 mm; maxillary tooth row length, 5.0-7.5 mm). Ear relatively long (28-37 mm).	Distribution: Widely distributed in savanna and semi-desert regions of sub-Saharan Africa, south to the Cape Province, and north to Morocco on the west and Egypt on the east, continuing north east to Northern Israel. Also central and south eastern Arabia.	Nine subspecies here recog nized:	N. t. brockmani (northern Somalia), N. t. media (eastern Ethiopia), N. t. adana (southwestern Arabia), N. t. najdiya (central Arabia), N. t. thebaica (Israel, Egypt, northern Sudan and probably through the southern fringes of the Sahara to Senegal and north to Morocco), N. t. labiata (northern Ethiopia and central Sudan to northern Tan zania, including Pemba and Zanzibar, and Uganda, prob ably west through savanna woodland as far as Upper Volta), N. t. capensis (southern Tanzania, southeastern Zaire, and Zambia, to the Cape Province), N. t. angolensis (central Angola), N. t. damarensis (southern Angola, Namibia, Botswana).	50	species	N. thebaica	E. GEOFFROY	1818	Nycteris	genus	Nycteris thebaica				Size medium to fairly large (forearm length, 34-52 mm; condylocanine length, 15-19 mm; maxillary tooth row length, 5.0-7.5 mm). Ear relatively long (28-37 mm).	Nine subspecies here recog nized:		12. N. thebaica E. GEOFFROY 1818 [thebaica group].	12	_N. t. adana_ (Andersen, 1912); _N. t. angolensis_ Peters, 1871; _N. t. brockmani_ (Andersen, 1912) (synonyms: _media_ (Andersen, 1912)); _N. t. capensis_ Smith, 1829 (synonyms: _affinis_ Smith, 1829, _discolor_ Wagner, 1840, _fuliginosa_ Peters, 1851); _N. t. damarensis_ Peters, 1871; _N. t. labiata_ Heuglin, 1861 (synonyms: _aurantiaca_ (De Beaux, 1923), _revoilii_ Robin, 1881); _N. t. najdiya_ Nader & Kock, 1982; _N. t. thebaica_ Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1813 (synonyms: _albiventris_ Wagner, 1840, _geoffroyi_ Desmarest, 1821, _senegalensis_ Hartmann, 1868)			Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).	CHIROPTERA	Nycteridae			Nycteris thebaica	Nycteris		thebaica	E. Geoffroy		1818		Descrip. de L'Egypte	2		119		Egyptian Slit-faced Bat	Egypt, Thebes (near Luxor).	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.	IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).	albiventer Wagner, 1840; geoffroyi Desmarest, 1820; senegalensis Hartmann, 1868; adana K. Anderen, 1912; angolensis Peters, 1870; brockmani K. Andersen, 1912; media K. Andersen, 1912; capensis A. Smith, 1829; affinis A. Smith, 1829; discolor Wagner, 1840; fuliginosa Peters, 1852; damarensis Peters, 1870; labiata Heuglin, 1861; aurantiaca De Beaux, 1923; revoilii Robin, 1881; najdiya Nader and Kock, 1982. Unassigned: aethiopicus Heuglin and Fitzinger, 1866 [nomen nudum].	thebaica species group. Reviewed by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). The status of brockmani and damarensis remains unclear; these forms may represent distinct species, see discussion in Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). Also see Harrison and Bates (1991) and Gray et al. (1999).	038D264C7549D70D80B5FEE55518F40E	Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions	978-84-16728-19-0	hbmw_9_Nycteridae_374.pdf.imf	hash://md5/ffb45e34754fd70b851affef527effbd	386	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/03/8D/26/038D264C7549D70D80B5FEE55518F40E.xml	Nycteris thebaica	Nycteridae	Nycteris	thebaica	E. Geoffroy	1813	Nyctére de Thébaide @fr | Agyptische Schlitznase @de | Nicterio egipcio @es | Cape Long-eared Bat @en | Cape Slit-faced Bat @en | Common Slit-faced Bat @en | Geoffroy's Nycteris @en	Nycteris thebaicus [sic] E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818 , Thebes, Egypt . Nycteris thebaica belongs to the thebaica group. Seven subspecies ( thebaica , angolensis, brockmani, capensis, damarensis, labiata, and najdiya) have been named, but their taxonomic validity needs revision. Monotypic.	Widely distributed throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in W to Ethiopia and Somalia in E, S to South Africa (but absent from most of Congo Basin), and N along Nile River through Sudan to Egypt and across to Israel and Jordan ; there is an isolated population in Morocco and another one on W coast of Saudi Arabia along Red Sea S to Yemen .	Head—body 40-56 mm, tail 40-63 mm, ear 26-37 mm, hindfoot 8-14 mm, forearm 34-52 mm; weight 6-16 g. The Egyptian Slitfaced Bat is small, with short rounded wings. Longitudinal cleft runs along top of muzzle, covering noseleaves. Fur is long and fluffy pale gray, reddish brown to dark brown dorsally, and much paler ventrally. Orange morph also exists that is bright orange dorsally and ventrally. Ears are very long. Wing membranes are dark brown and free of hairs. Females are on average larger than males, but there is significant overlap in measurements. There are no obvious sexual differences in pelage. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 42 and FNa = 78 in southern Africa. Echolocation call is multtharmonic and involves a steep FM sweep with peak frequencies at 50 kHz, 73 kHz, 90 kilz, and 113 kHz.	Very wide variety of savanna and semiarid environments, including riverine and coastal forests, avoiding tropical rainforests and montane habitats, from sea level to elevations of more than 1500 m .	The Egyptian Slit-faced Bat eats various insects including orthopterans, moths, and beetles, taking different groups preferentially at different times of the year. It forages close to the ground where it gleans arthropods off low foliage and the ground. It detects prey from rustling sounds made as they move along the ground and then uses low-intensity echolocation calls to target and locate them.	In southern Africa, breeding of Egyptian Slitfaced Bats is seasonal, with young born in early wet season (November). Young are fully grown by February and indistinguishable from adults by June. Litter size is one. Gestation is ¢.5 months, and young are suckled for c¢.2 months. A mother carries her non-volant young that attaches to her nipple.	The Egyptian Slitfaced Bat roosts during the day in sheltered structures including caves, road culverts, hollow trees, Aardvark (Onrycteropus afer) burrows, and abandoned buildings. It can share its roost with several other species of bats, including Myotis spp., Miniopterus spp., and Rhinolophus spp. It emerges at dusk and returns back to the day roost at dawn. It uses regular night roosts located in its foraging area.	Egyptian Slit-faced Bats roost singly or in large colonies of several hundred individuals. In cave systems, colonies can number up to a thousand individuals. In Swaziland , individual Egyptian Slit-faced Bats traveled an average of 1-1 km from the day roost to their foraging areas. In one study, average home range was 12-9 ha and overlapped with an average of four other bats. Sex ratio in the day roosts is heavily skewed toward females when they are in late pregnancy, although sex ratio of offspring is 1:1. Adult males move away from maternity roosts after breeding in June and do not return until after March the following year.	Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Wide geographic distribution and flexible habitat requirements are likely to ensure that the Egyptian Slit-faced Bat will not be threatened in the near term.	Aldridge et al. (1990) | Benda, Dietz et al. (2008) | Benda, Lugan et al. (2010) | Bernard (1982a) | Bernard & Happold (2013c) | Bowie et al. (1999) | Gray et al. (1999) | Griffiths (1994, 1997) | Happold, M. (2013ag) | Largen et al. (1974) | LaVal & LaVal (1980a) | Mendelssohn & Yom-Tov (1999) | Monadjem (2001, 2005b, 2006) | Monadjem, McCleery & Collier (2015) | Monadjem, Reside et al. (2009) | Monadjem, Schoeman et al. (2010) | Monadjem, Taylor et al. (2010) | Rautenbach (1982) | Rosevear (1965) | Seamark & Bogdanowicz (2002) | Smithers & Lobéao Tello (1976) | Smithers & Wilson (1979) | Taylor et al. (2017) | Thomas et al. (1994) | Van Cakenberghe & De Vree (1998) | Verschuren (1957 1982)	https://zenodo.org/record/6576982/files/figure.png	15. Egyptian Slitfaced Bat Nycteris thebaica French: Nyctére de Thébaide / German: Agyptische Schlitznase / Spanish: Nicterio egipcio Other common names: Cape Long-eared Bat , Cape Slit-faced Bat , Common Slit-faced Bat , Geoffroy's Nycteris Taxonomy. Nycteris thebaicus [sic] E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818 , Thebes, Egypt . Nycteris thebaica belongs to the thebaica group. Seven subspecies ( thebaica , angolensis, brockmani, capensis, damarensis, labiata, and najdiya) have been named, but their taxonomic validity needs revision. Monotypic. Distribution. Widely distributed throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in W to Ethiopia and Somalia in E, S to South Africa (but absent from most of Congo Basin), and N along Nile River through Sudan to Egypt and across to Israel and Jordan ; there is an isolated population in Morocco and another one on W coast of Saudi Arabia along Red Sea S to Yemen . Descriptive notes. Head—body 40-56 mm, tail 40-63 mm, ear 26-37 mm, hindfoot 8-14 mm, forearm 34-52 mm; weight 6-16 g. The Egyptian Slitfaced Bat is small, with short rounded wings. Longitudinal cleft runs along top of muzzle, covering noseleaves. Fur is long and fluffy pale gray, reddish brown to dark brown dorsally, and much paler ventrally. Orange morph also exists that is bright orange dorsally and ventrally. Ears are very long. Wing membranes are dark brown and free of hairs. Females are on average larger than males, but there is significant overlap in measurements. There are no obvious sexual differences in pelage. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 42 and FNa = 78 in southern Africa. Echolocation call is multtharmonic and involves a steep FM sweep with peak frequencies at 50 kHz, 73 kHz, 90 kilz, and 113 kHz. Habitat. Very wide variety of savanna and semiarid environments, including riverine and coastal forests, avoiding tropical rainforests and montane habitats, from sea level to elevations of more than 1500 m . Food and Feeding. The Egyptian Slit-faced Bat eats various insects including orthopterans, moths, and beetles, taking different groups preferentially at different times of the year. It forages close to the ground where it gleans arthropods off low foliage and the ground. It detects prey from rustling sounds made as they move along the ground and then uses low-intensity echolocation calls to target and locate them. Breeding. In southern Africa, breeding of Egyptian Slitfaced Bats is seasonal, with young born in early wet season (November). Young are fully grown by February and indistinguishable from adults by June. Litter size is one. Gestation is ¢.5 months, and young are suckled for c¢.2 months. A mother carries her non-volant young that attaches to her nipple. Activity patterns. The Egyptian Slitfaced Bat roosts during the day in sheltered structures including caves, road culverts, hollow trees, Aardvark (Onrycteropus afer) burrows, and abandoned buildings. It can share its roost with several other species of bats, including Myotis spp., Miniopterus spp., and Rhinolophus spp. It emerges at dusk and returns back to the day roost at dawn. It uses regular night roosts located in its foraging area. Movements, Home range and Social organization. Egyptian Slit-faced Bats roost singly or in large colonies of several hundred individuals. In cave systems, colonies can number up to a thousand individuals. In Swaziland , individual Egyptian Slit-faced Bats traveled an average of 1-1 km from the day roost to their foraging areas. In one study, average home range was 12-9 ha and overlapped with an average of four other bats. Sex ratio in the day roosts is heavily skewed toward females when they are in late pregnancy, although sex ratio of offspring is 1:1. Adult males move away from maternity roosts after breeding in June and do not return until after March the following year. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Wide geographic distribution and flexible habitat requirements are likely to ensure that the Egyptian Slit-faced Bat will not be threatened in the near term. Bibliography. Aldridge et al. (1990), Benda, Dietz et al. (2008), Benda, Lugan et al. (2010), Bernard (1982a), Bernard & Happold (2013c), Bowie et al. (1999), Gray et al. (1999), Griffiths (1994, 1997), Happold, M. (2013ag), Largen et al. (1974), LaVal & LaVal (1980a), Mendelssohn & Yom-Tov (1999), Monadjem (2001, 2005b, 2006), Monadjem, McCleery & Collier (2015), Monadjem, Reside et al. (2009), Monadjem, Schoeman et al. (2010), Monadjem, Taylor et al. (2010), Rautenbach (1982), Rosevear (1965), Seamark & Bogdanowicz (2002), Smithers & Lobéao Tello (1976), Smithers & Wilson (1979), Taylor et al. (2017), Thomas et al. (1994), Van Cakenberghe & De Vree (1998), Verschuren (1957 1982).	Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2022B. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Accessed on 10/11/2022.	Nycteridae	Nycteris thebaica	Nycteris	Unnamed-Nycteris	thebaica	E. Geoffroy	1813	0	Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris	p. 20	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat	 albiventer Wagner, 1840; geoffroyi Desmarest, 1820; senegalensis Hartmann, 1868; <b>adana</b> K. Anderen, 1912; <b> angolensis </b> Peters, 1870; <b>brockmani</b> K. Andersen, 1912; media  K. Andersen, 1912; <b> capensis </b> A. Smith, 1829; affinis A. Smith, 1829; discolor Wagner, 1840; fuliginosa Peters, 1852; <b> damarensis </b> Peters, 1870; <b>labiata</b> Heuglin, 1861; aurantiaca De Beaux, 1923; revoilii  Robin, 1881; <b> najdiya </b> Nader and Kock, 1982. <b>Unassigned:</b> aethiopicus Heuglin and Fitzinger, 1866 [ nomen nudum ].	Egypt, Thebes (near Luxor).	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.	Not listed.	Least Concern	 thebaica species group. Reviewed by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). The status of brockmani and damarensis remains unclear; these forms may represent distinct species, see discussion in Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). Also see Harrison and Bates (1991) and Gray et al.(1999).	Mammal Diversity Database. (2023). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7830771 released 15 April 2023	Nycteris thebaica	23	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat	Cape Long-eared Bat|Cape Slit-faced Bat|Common Slit-faced Bat|Geoffroy's Nycteris	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	EMBALLONUROIDEA	NYCTERIDAE	NA	NA	Nycteris	NA	thebaica	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	1818	0	Nycteris_Thebaicus	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. (1818). Description des mammiferes qui se trouvent en Égypte. In E. F. Jomard (ed.). Description de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. Imprimerie impériale, Paris, 2, 119.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54149#page/122/mode/1up	MNHN 1997-1800		Thebes, Egypt.			thebaica É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818|geoffroyi Desmarest, 1820|affinis A. Smith, 1829|capensis A. Smith, 1829|albiventer J. A. Wagner, 1840|discolor J. A. Wagner, 1840|fuliginosa W. Peters, 1852|labiata Heuglin, 1861|aethiopicus (Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866) [nomen nudum]|senegalensis Hartmann, 1868|angolensis W. Peters, 1871|damarensis W. Peters, 1871|revoilii Robin, 1881|adana (K. Andersen, 1912)|brockmani (K. Andersen, 1912)|media (K. Andersen, 1912)|aurantiaca (De Beaux, 1923)|najdiya Nader & Kock, 1982	NA	NA	Morocco|Libya|Lebanon?|Israel|Palestine|Jordan|Saudi Arabia|Yemen|Egypt|Mauritania?|Senegal|Gambia|Guinea-Bissau|Guinea|Sierra Leone|Liberia?|Côte d'Ivoire|Mali|Burkina Faso|Ghana|Togo|Benin|Niger|Nigeria|Chad|Cameroon|Central African Republic|Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Sudan|South Sudan|Eritrea|Djibouti|Ethiopia|Somalia|Kenya|Uganda|Rwanda|Burundi|Tanzania|Angola|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Zimbabwe|Namibia|Botswana|South Sudan|Eswatini|Lesotho?	Africa|Asia	Afrotropic|Palearctic	LC	0	0	0	Nycteris_thebaica	0	sciname match	Nycteris_thebaica	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	14936	Nycteris thebaica	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	NYCTERIDAE	Nycteris	thebaica	É. Geoffroy, 1818	 South Africa  Meester et al. (1986) recognised three subspecies in the region; however, these threepopulations do not appear to occupy geographically isolated areas and because they represent stages in a gradual cline in characters from east to west where individuals in the east tend to be darker and smaller, while those from the Northern Cape and Namibia are significantly larger and distinctly paler (Monadjem et al. 2010), we do not recognise any subspecies in southern Africa.	20000000	Nycteris thebaica	Least Concern		2017	2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	This species has a large range and faces no major threats, hence is listed as Least Concern.	A savanna species with wide habitat tolerance. Occurs in moist and dry savanna, also ranging into desert, arid rocky areas, and riparian strips. Essentially a cave-roosting species but also roosts during the day in mine adits, aardvark holes, rock crevices, culverts under roads, roofs and hollow trees, typically in open savanna woodland (Smithers and Labao Tello 1976, Skinner and Smithers 1990, Taylor 1998).	Habitat destruction and degradation affect the species. Roost disturbance and degradation are the main threats in the Mediterranean region. These are not considered major threats at present.	Fairly common through most of its range. However, an uncommon species in the Mediterranean region. In Morocco only three small colonies (usually 10 to 30 and occasionally up to 100 individuals) are known (Stéphane Aulagnier pers. comm. 2007). Nothing is known about population trend.	Unknown	Broadly distributed across savanna and riparian zones. It is mostly found in sub-Saharan Africa; it can also be found in Morocco, Libya, Egypt (primarily down the Nile River valley, but also into Sinai) and the Middle East (Israel, Palestine and Jordan). Elevation ranges from sea level to 2,000 m.		Terrestrial	May occur within some protected areas. No specific conservation measures are known. Protection of the roost sites is required and also legal protection of the species should be improved. Further research is required on the population size and trends.	Afrotropical|Palearctic		FALSE	FALSE	Global	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2023). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.4 (1.4). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8136157 	Nycteridae	Nycteris	Unnamed - Nycteris	thebaica	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	1813	0	Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris	p. 20	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat	 albiventer Wagner, 1840; geoffroyi Desmarest, 1820; senegalensis Hartmann, 1868; <b>adana</b> K. Anderen, 1912; <b> angolensis </b> Peters, 1870; <b>brockmani</b> K. Andersen, 1912; media  K. Andersen, 1912; <b> capensis </b> A. Smith, 1829; affinis A. Smith, 1829; discolor Wagner, 1840; fuliginosa Peters, 1852; <b> damarensis </b> Peters, 1870; <b>labiata</b> Heuglin, 1861; aurantiaca De Beaux, 1923; revoilii  Robin, 1881; <b> najdiya </b> Nader and Kock, 1982. <b>Unassigned:</b> aethiopicus Heuglin and Fitzinger, 1866 [ nomen nudum ].	Egypt, Thebes (near Luxor).	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.	Not listed.	Least Concern	 thebaica species group. Reviewed by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). The status of brockmani and damarensis remains unclear; these forms may represent distinct species, see discussion in Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). Also see Harrison and Bates (1991) and Gray et al.(1999).	Nycteris thebaica	1004845	23	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat	Cape Long-eared Bat|Cape Slit-faced Bat|Common Slit-faced Bat|Geoffroy's Nycteris	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	EMBALLONUROIDEA	Nycteridae	NA	NA	Nycteris	NA	thebaica	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	1818	0	Nycteris_Thebaicus	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. (1818). Description des mammiferes qui se trouvent en Égypte. In E. F. Jomard (ed.). Description de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. Imprimerie impériale, Paris, 2, 119.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54149#page/122/mode/1up	MNHN 1997-1800		Thebes, Egypt.			thebaica É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818|geoffroyi Desmarest, 1820|affinis A. Smith, 1829|capensis A. Smith, 1829|albiventer J. A. Wagner, 1840|discolor J. A. Wagner, 1840|fuliginosa W. Peters, 1852|labiata Heuglin, 1861|aethiopicus (Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866) [nomen nudum]|senegalensis Hartmann, 1868|angolensis W. Peters, 1871|damarensis W. Peters, 1871|revoilii Robin, 1881|adana (K. Andersen, 1912)|brockmani (K. Andersen, 1912)|media (K. Andersen, 1912)|aurantiaca (De Beaux, 1923)|najdiya Nader & Kock, 1982	NA	NA				Morocco|Libya|Lebanon?|Israel|Palestine|Jordan|Saudi Arabia|Yemen|Egypt|Mauritania?|Senegal|Gambia|Guinea-Bissau|Guinea|Sierra Leone|Liberia?|Côte d'Ivoire|Mali|Burkina Faso|Ghana|Togo|Benin|Niger|Nigeria|Chad|Cameroon|Central African Republic|Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Sudan|South Sudan|Eritrea|Djibouti|Ethiopia|Somalia|Kenya|Uganda|Rwanda|Burundi|Tanzania|Angola|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Zimbabwe|Namibia|Botswana|South Sudan|Eswatini|Lesotho?	Africa|Asia	Afrotropic|Palearctic	LC	0	0	0	Nycteris_thebaica	0	sciname match	Nycteris_thebaica	0	Burgin, C. J., Zijlstra, J. S., Becker, M. A., Handika, H., Alston, J. M., Widness, J., Liphardt, S., Huckaby, D. G., and Upham, N. S. (2025). How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge. Journal of Mammalogy in revision: TBD. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393	Nycteris_thebaica	1004845	23	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat	Cape Long-eared Bat|Cape Slit-faced Bat|Common Slit-faced Bat|Geoffroy's Nycteris	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yangochiroptera	NA	NA	Emballonuroidea	Nycteridae	NA	NA	Nycteris	NA	thebaica	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	0	Nycteris Thebaïcus	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1813-03. Description des mammifères qui se trouvent en Égypte. Pp. 99–144 in Anonymous. 1818. Description de l'Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'Armée française, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empéreur Napoléon le Grand. Histoire naturelle. Tome second. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris, 752 pp.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15953708	MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1800 (= MNHN ? 889)	holotype	http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1800	Thebes, Egypt.			NA	NA				Morocco|Libya|Lebanon?|Israel|Palestine|Jordan|Saudi Arabia|Yemen|Egypt|Mauritania?|Senegal|Gambia|Guinea-Bissau|Guinea|Sierra Leone|Liberia?|Cote d'Ivoire|Mali|Burkina Faso|Ghana|Togo|Benin|Niger|Nigeria|Chad|Cameroon|Central African Republic|Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo|Sudan|Eritrea|Djibouti|Ethiopia|Somalia|Kenya|Uganda|Rwanda|Burundi|Tanzania|Angola|Zambia|Malawi|Mozambique|Zimbabwe|Namibia|Botswana|South Sudan|Eswatini|Lesotho?|South Africa	Africa|Asia	Afrotropic|Palearctic	LC	0	0	0	Nycteris_thebaica	0	sciname match	Nycteris_thebaica	0	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2025). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.7 (1.7). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14796586	Nycteridae	Nycteris	Unnamed - Nycteris	thebaica	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	1813	0	Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris	p. 20	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat	albiventer Wagner, 1840; geoffroyi Desmarest, 1820; senegalensis Hartmann, 1868; adana K. Anderen, 1912; angolensis Peters, 1870; brockmani K. Andersen, 1912; media  K. Andersen, 1912; capensis A. Smith, 1829; affinis A. Smith, 1829; discolor Wagner, 1840; fuliginosa Peters, 1852; damarensis Peters, 1870; labiata Heuglin, 1861; aurantiaca De Beaux, 1923; revoilii  Robin, 1881; najdiya Nader and Kock, 1982. Unassigned: aethiopicus Heuglin and Fitzinger, 1866 [nomen nudum].	Egypt, Thebes (near Luxor).	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.	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14936/22014183/' target='_blank'>Least Concern</a>	thebaica species group. Reviewed by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). The status of brockmani and damarensis remains unclear; these forms may represent distinct species, see discussion in Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1998). Also see Harrison and Bates (1991) and Gray et al.(1999).		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Nycteris thebaica; Nycteris thebaica; Nycteris thebaica; Nycteris thebaica; Nycteris thebaica; Nycteris thebaica; thebaica; adana; angolensis; brockmani; capensis; damarensis; labiata; najdiya; albiventer; geoffroyi; senegalensis; brockmani - media; capensis - affinis; discolor; fuliginosa; labiata - aurantiaca; revoilii; Unassigned - aethiopicus; adana; angolensis; brockmani; capensis; damarensis; labiata; najdiya; albiventer; geoffroyi; senegalensis; brockmani - media; capensis - affinis; discolor; fuliginosa; labiata - aurantiaca; revoilii; Unassigned - aethiopicus; thebaica; geoffroyi; affinis; capensis; albiventer; discolor; fuliginosa; labiata; aethiopicus; senegalensis; angolensis; damarensis; revoilii; adana; brockmani; media; aurantiaca; najdiya; Nyctére de Thébaide; Agyptische Schlitznase; Nicterio egipcio; Cape Long-eared Bat; Cape Slit-faced Bat; Common Slit-faced Bat; Geoffroy's Nycteris; Egyptian Slit-faced Bat; Cape Long-eared Bat; Cape Slit-faced Bat; Common Slit-faced Bat; Geoffroy's Nycteris; Egyptian Slit-faced Bat; Egyptian Slit-faced Bat; N. thebaica