Nycteris É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & G. Cuvier, 1795. Mag. Encyclop. 2: 186.
Vespertilio hispidus Schreber, 1774 [nomen nudum, validated by Opinion 111 of the International Commission, 1929]
Nycteris woodi K. Andersen, 1914.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 13: 563.
Wood's Slit-faced Bat