The hairy slit-faced bat (''Nycteris hispida'') is a species of

slit-faced bat ''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. Description They are small bats, from i ...

widely distributed throughout forests and

savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...

s in Africa. Two recognized subspecies exist: ''N. h. hispida'' and ''N. h. pallida''. Various forest populations in western and central Africa may represent separate species, although this had not been confirmed as of 2007.

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Bats of Africa Nycteridae Mammals described in 1775 Taxa named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber {{bat-stub