Nycteridae (Slit-faced Bats)

Family

Slit-faced Bats

Nycteridae

4 species in our catalog · found in 15 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Hairy Slit-faced Bat
LC

Hairy Slit-faced Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Nycteris hispida

Insufficient data
Egyptian Slit-faced Bat
LC

Egyptian Slit-faced Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Nycteris thebaica

Insufficient data
Large Slit-faced Bat
LC

Large Slit-faced Bat

Mammal

Nycteris grandis

Insufficient data
Malayan Slit-faced Bat
NT

Malayan Slit-faced Bat

Mammal

Nycteris tragata

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

10–20
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
5–10
Jun
5–10
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
5–10
Nov
<5
Dec

🕐 When They're Spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

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Where to see Slit-faced Bats

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#ParkCountrySpeciesP(≥1)
1 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania 1
10–20%
2 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia 1
10–20%
3 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 1
5–10%
4 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi 1
5–10%
5 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand 1
5–10%
6 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya 1
5–10%
7 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 1
5–10%
8 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia 1
5–10%
9 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia 1
<5%
10 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya 1
<5%
11 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya 1
<5%
12 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 1
<5%
13 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 1
<5%
14 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania 1
<5%
15 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 1
<5%