Javan slit-faced bat
Species of bat
Javan slit-faced bat | |
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Conservation status | |
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific 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.[1]
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.[1]
References
- ^ a b c 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.
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Extant species of family Nycteridae
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Eutheria
- Superorder: Laurasiatheria
- Order: Chiroptera
- Bates's slit-faced bat (N. arge)
- Andersen's slit-faced bat (N. aurita)
- Gambian slit-faced bat (N. gambiensis)
- Large slit-faced bat (N. grandis)
- Hairy slit-faced bat (N. hispida)
- Intermediate slit-faced bat (N. intermedia)
- Javan slit-faced bat (N. javanica)
- Large-eared slit-faced bat (N. macrotis)
- Malagasy slit-faced bat (N. madagascariensis)
- Ja slit-faced bat (N. major)
- Dwarf slit-faced bat (N. nana)
- Parissi's slit-faced bat (N. parisii)
- Egyptian slit-faced bat (N. thebaica)
- Malayan slit-faced bat (N. tragata)
- Vinson's slit-faced bat (N. vinsoni)
- Wood's slit-faced bat (N. woodi)
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