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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980304Original name as described
Glauconycteris beatrix
Other common names
Beatrix's Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1898.5.4.19
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/718485b7-71bb-4d7c-9ba7-6f90a5e9ad79Type 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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