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Javan slit-faced bat

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Species of bat

Javan slit-faced bat
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species: N. javanica
Binomial name
Nycteris javanica
E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1813

The Javan slit-faced bat (Nycteris javanica) is a species of slit-faced bat found on the Kangean Islands of Indonesia, Nusa Penida, Java, and West Timor. The species' population is decreasing.

They have been recorded roosting in caves, coconut plantations, hollow bases of trees, and culverts, and live in small groups. The major threat to it is agriculture. It is protected in Gunung Pangrano.

References

  1. ^ Waldien, D.L.; Wiantoro, S. (2021). "Nycteris javanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T14932A22013241. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T14932A22013241.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Extant species of family Nycteridae
Nycteris
Taxon identifiers
Nycteris javanica


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