Javan slit-faced bat

Javan slit-faced bat
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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 bats found on the Kangean Islands of Indonesia and Nusa Penida, Java. This species is also located in West Timor. This species' population is decreasing.^[1]

Habitat and ecology

This species has been recorded as in roosting caves, coconut plantations, hollow bases of trees, and culverts, and lives in small groups. The major threat to this bat is agriculture. This animal is protected in Gunung Pangrano.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hutson, A.M.; Schlitter, D.; Kingston, T. (2008). "Nycteris javanica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T14932A4478321. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14932A4478321.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

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[IUCN-1] Hutson, A.M.; Schlitter, D.; Kingston, T. (2008). "Nycteris javanica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T14932A4478321. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14932A4478321.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

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