Where has the Hairy Slit-faced Bat been recorded?

Nycteris hispida occurrence evidence comes from 748 records in 24 countries and territories, from 1895 to 2025. Most records come from Burkina Faso.

• 748 records
• 24 places
• 52 years recorded
• Mammalia class

Observation evidence passport

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Hairy Slit-faced Bat has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Hairy Slit-faced Bat. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.