‘Spectacular’ orange-furred bat described from West African mountain
by Liz Kimbrough on 21 January 2021
An orange-furred bat has been described from the caves and mining tunnels of the Nimba Mountains in Guinea.
Researchers say the bat had such a distinctive look that they quickly recognized it was a species new to science.
The newly described species, which they named Myotis nimbaensis, meaning “from Nimba,” may also be critically endangered and found only in this particular mountain range.
This discovery, the authors say, speaks to the importance of the Nimba peaks, known as “sky islands,” to bat diversity.
An orange-furred bat, new to science, has been described from the caves and mining tunnels of the Nimba Mountains in Guinea, West Africa. Led by the American Museum of Natural History and Bat Conservation International, a group of researchers encountered the fuzzy mammal in 2018 while conducting field surveys and knew right away it was a “spectacular” fin
Une nouvelle chauve-souris spectaculaire découverte en Afrique de l Ouest
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У Західній Африці знайшли новий вид кажанів із забарвленням, як в орангутангів − фото
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