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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. The skull is distinguished by a characteristic interorbital concavity, externally connected to a long slit that runs down the centre of their faces from between the eyes to the
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The echolocation calls of slit-faced bats are relatively quiet and short in duration, and they seem to target their prey by hearing the sounds it produces, rather than by sonar. They give birth once or twice each year.
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Slit-faced bats inhabit rainforests and savanna, and roost in caves, trees, and buildings, typically in fairly small colonies. Some even roost in animal burrows, such as those of
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1362:Nycteridae
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1114:N. tragata
1096:N. parisii
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511:N. grandis
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997:N. arge
973:Order:
955:Class:
688: ?
615:N. nana
484:N. arge
392:sternum
133:Genus:
106:Order:
96:Class:
1454:631245
1441:105651
1307:103133
1268:631324
1229:103524
842:
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471:Genus
331:Africa
150:, 1795
146:&
127:, 1855
125:Hoeven
1514:Plazi
1506:66299
1480:59447
1436:IRMNG
1428:41183
1389:98592
1294:59466
1255:41184
354:is:
1475:NCBI
1449:ITIS
1415:5448
1410:GBIF
1384:BOLD
1289:NCBI
1263:ITIS
1237:GBIF
1216:65Z2
1203:3255
1198:BOLD
840:ISBN
836:Bats
812:ISBN
782:ISBN
751:OCLC
741:ISBN
450:and
307:bats
1462:MSW
1402:DG5
1397:CoL
1371:ADW
1276:MSW
1224:EoL
1211:CoL
778:804
414:or
313:or
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