Ja slit-faced bat

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 the greatest threats to its habitat currently. The two known subspecies are: N. m. avakubia and N. m. major.

Ja slit-faced bat

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Nycteridae
Genus: Nycteris
Species:
N. major
Binomial name
Nycteris major
K. Andersen, (1912)

References

  1. Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M.; Bergmans, W.; Fahr, J. (2019). "Nycteris major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T14934A22013659.


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