Nycteris comprises a genus of bats commonly called slit-faced or hollow-faced bats. They are grouped in the family Nycteridae. [1] . The bats are found in East Malaysia, Indonesia, and many parts of Africa. They are small bats, from 4 to 8 centimetres (1.6 to 3.1 in) in body length, and with grey, brown, or reddish fur.

Nyc­terids are small to medium in size. All have a pe­cu­liar deep lon­gi­tu­di­nal slit run­ning along the top of the ros­trum pos­te­rior to the nose. Its bor­ders are fleshy and com­plex and par­tially con­ceal the open­ing.

Nycteris comprises a genus of bats commonly called slit-faced or hollow-faced bats. They are grouped in the family Nycteridae. The bats are found in East Malaysia, Indonesia, and many parts of Africa. Slit-faced bats inhabit rainforests and savanna, and roost in caves, trees, and buildings, typically in fairly small colonies.

Slit-faced bat, (family Nycteridae), any of 16 species of tropical bats, all belonging to the genus Nycteris, which constitutes the family Nycteridae, found in Africa and in the Malaysian and Indonesian regions. Slit-faced bats have a longitudinal hollow on their faces and a …

Nycteridae is one of the twenty families of bats in the mammalian order Chiroptera and part of the microbat suborder. Members of this family are called nycterids or slit-faced bats.

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The fascinating world of Slit-faced Bats (Nycteridae) unveils numerous secrets of the night sky. These unique mammals, which belong to the order Chiroptera, are not only impressive in their adaptations but also play significant roles within their ecosystems.

Female large slit-faced bats leave their young behind in the roost when they set out at night to hunt. They return several times throughout the night to feed their young. The name Nycteris comes from the Greek word nykteros, meaning nocturnal. There is no known special relationship between slit-faced bats and people.

Nycteridae, a family of insectivorous bats commonly known as slit-faced bats or hollow-faced bats, is distributed across tropical regions of the world. The family comprises 16 species grouped under three genera: Nycteris, Casinycteris, and Paranycteris.

We investigated genetic variation, clade membership, and phylogenetic relationships in the bat family Nycteridae with broad sampling across Africa. At least 16 deeply divergent monophyletic lineages were recovered in both gene tree and species tree analyses.