Nycteris thebaica (Egyptian slit-faced bat)
Common slit-faced bat [English]; Gewone spleetneusvlerrnuis [Afrikaans]; Agyptische
Schlitznase [German]; nyctere de Geoffroy [French]
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) > Family: Nycteridae (slit-faced bats)
 |
Nycteris thebaica (Egyptian slit-faced
bat), Nossob Camp, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo
Bernard Dupont ©] |
|