Wood's Slit-Faced Bat
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Wood's Slit-Faced Bat is a species of slit-faced bat that lives in the dry savanna
regions of Southern Africa
. Its numbers are declining due to habitat loss from logging and farming, pesticide
use, and the decline of baobab trees which these bats depend on for roost sites.
Savanna
A savanna, or savannah, is a grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of C4 grasses.Some...
regions of Southern Africa
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...
. Its numbers are declining due to habitat loss from logging and farming, pesticide
Pesticide
Pesticides are substances or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest.A pesticide may be a chemical unicycle, biological agent , antimicrobial, disinfectant or device used against any pest...
use, and the decline of baobab trees which these bats depend on for roost sites.