Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
     Family Nycteridae van der Hoeven, 1855 - slit-faced bats
       Genus Nycteris Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 - slit-faced bats
         01 Nycteris arge Thomas, 1903 - Bate's slit-faced bat
         02 Nycteris gambiensis (Andersen, 1912) - Gambian slit-faced bat
         03 Nycteris grandis Peters, 1865 - large slit-faced bat
         04 Nycteris hispida (Schreber, 1775) - hairy slit-faced bat
         05 Nycteris intermedia Aellen, 1959
         06 Nycteris javanica Geoffroy, 1813 - Javan slit-faced bat
         07 Nycteris macrotis Dobson, 1876 - Dobson's slit-faced bat
         08 Nycteris major (Andersen, 1912) - Ja slit-faced bat
         09 Nycteris nana (Andersen, 1912) - dwarf slit-faced bat
         10 Nycteris thebaica Geoffroy, 1818 - Egyptian slit-faced bat
         11 Nycteris tragata (Andersen, 1912)
         12 Nycteris woodi Andersen, 1914 - Wood's slit-faced bat