Family NYCTERIDAE

(SLIT-FACED BATS)

• Small to medium-sized with relatively long and thick pelage, small eyes, distinctive cleft running longitudinally along muzzle that covers noseleaves, and long ears.

• 7-17cm.

• Afrotropical and Indo-Malayan regions.

• Deserts, arid grasslands, savannas, and tropical forests from sea level to mid-elevations on mountains.

• 1 genus, 15 species, 15 axa.

• 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.