Glauconycteris beatrix

O. Thomas, 1901

Beatrix's Butterfly Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Eptesicini
Genus : Glauconycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1901-09-01. New species of Macroscelides and Glauconycteris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)8(45):255-257.

Original name as described

Glauconycteris beatrix

Other common names

Beatrix's Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.5.4.19

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Benito River, French Congo [= Republic of the Congo], fifteen miles [= 24 km] from mouth."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Central African Republic · Angola · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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