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Ja slit-faced bat

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Species of bat

Ja slit-faced bat
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species: N. major
Binomial name
Nycteris major
K. Andersen, (1912)

The Ja slit-faced bat (Nycteris major) is a species of slit-faced bat that lives in the tropical and subtropical forests of Africa. Its habitat is fragmented and declining, and the species is therefore very rare. Logging and farming are currently the greatest threats to its habitat. The two known subspecies are N. m. avakubia and N. m. major.

References

  1. Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M.; Bergmans, W.; Fahr, J. (2019). "Nycteris major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T14934A22013659. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T14934A22013659.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Extant species of family Nycteridae
Nycteris
Taxon identifiers
Nycteris major


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