Order Chiroptera - Family Nycteridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 391 394 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Nycteris hispida (Schreber 1775) [Vespertilio] hispidus Schreber 1775 , Die Saugethiere, Vol. 1: 169 . Type Locality: Senegal . Vernacular Names: Hairy Slit-faced Bat . Synonyms: Nycteris daubentoni E. Geoffroy 1813 ; Nycteris martini Fraser 1834 ; Nycteris pallida J. A. Allen 1917 ; Nycteris poensis Gray 1843 ; Nycteris villosa Peters 1852 . Distribution: Senegal , Gambia , and extreme S Mauritania to Somalia and south to Angola , C Mozambique , Botswana , and Malawi ; Zanzibar ; Bioko ( Equatorial Guinea ). A South African record is dubious; see Cotterill (1996) . Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: hispida species group. Revised by Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1993 b ) ; also see Koopman (1975) . Does not include aurita . Several subspecies are often recognized, but these do not seem justified; see Van Cakenberghe and De Vree (1993 b ) .