Glauconycteris_poensis

Abo bat

Abo bat

Species of bat

The Abo bat (Glauconycteris poensis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in several countries in West Africa and Central Africa. It is found in subtropical and tropical dry and moist lowland forests.

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Taxonomy and etymology

It was described as a new species in 1842 by British zoologist John Edward Gray. Gray placed the species into a new genus, Kerivoula, with the scientific name Kerivoula poensis.[2] Its species name "poensis" means "belonging to Po." The holotype was collected on Fernando Pó, likely inspiring the species name.[2]

Description

Its fur is yellowish-gray in color.[2]

Range and status

It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.[1]

It is currently evaluated as least concern by the IUCN—its lowest conservation priority.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Monadjem, A.; Taylor, P.J.; Jacobs, D.; Cotterill, F.P.D. (2017). "Glauconycteris poensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T44798A22069513. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44798A22069513.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Gray, J.E. (1842). "Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 10: 258.
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