FAMILY NYCTERIDAE (SLIT-FACED BATS)
Identification
Deep vertical slit in middle of face
Tail ending in T-shaped cartilage
Extremely
large ears
Tiny eyes
Food
Spiders, scorpions, moths, frogs, fish, even small birds and bats
Roosts
Tree hollows, caves, road
culverts, buildings, dense foliage, aardvark burrows
Number of species worldwide: 13 (occur in Old World only)
Number of species in
Southern Africa: 5
Common slit-faced bats in KZN
Common slit-faced bat - Nycteris thebaica