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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Nycteridae (slit-faced bats)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Chiroptera (bats) > Microchiroptera (insect-eating bats)

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Nyeteris hispida (Hairy slit-faced bat)

 

Nyeteris grandis (Large slit-faced bat)

 

Nycteris woodi (Wood's slit-faced bat)

 

Nycteris macrotis (Large-eared slit-faced bat)

 

Nycteris thebaica (Egyptian slit-faced bat)

Nycteris vinsoni (Vincon's slit-faced bat)