Nycteridae Author Don E. Wilson Author Russell A. Mittermeier text 2019 2019-10-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats 374 386 book chapter 68515 10.5281/zenodo.6576920 3e6d4b74-5d99-4155-a5de-5c8585abf1c8 978-84-16728-19-0 6576920 Family NYCTERIDAE (SLIT-FACED BATS) • Small to medium-sized with relatively long and thick pelage, small eyes, distinctive cleft running longitudinally along muzzle that covers noseleaves, and long ears. • 7-17cm. • Afrotropical and Indo-Malayan regions. • Deserts, arid grasslands, savannas, and tropical forests from sea level to mid-elevations on mountains. • 1 genus, 15 species, 15 axa. • 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.