Ja Slit-Faced Bat
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The Ja Slit-Faced Bat is a species of slit-faced bat that lives in the tropical and sub-tropical forest
s 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. There are two known sub-species: Nycteris major avakubia and Nycteris major major.
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
s of Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. Its habitat is fragmented and declining, and the species is therefore very rare. Logging
Logging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks.In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard...
and farming are the greatest threats to its habitat currently. There are two known sub-species: Nycteris major avakubia and Nycteris major major.