Record details

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:   22812
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3219AA
Observer:   van Dyk Zenobia
Date of record:   2017-11-17
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   It was dead.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   176970
Species name:   Nycteris thebaica
Common name:   Egyptian Slit-faced Bat -- Egyptian Slit-faced Bat
Family:   Nycteridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Unknown
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-22812
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   James Adriaan Harrison
Comment:   Very large ears; broad, rounded wings; T-shaped bone at end of tail; characteristic face.
Date:   2018-02-07 23:37:04
Species name:   Nycteris thebaica -- Egyptian Slit-faced Bat; Egyptian Slit-faced Bat
Species code:   176970

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