| Abo bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Glauconycteris |
| Species: | G. poensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Glauconycteris poensis (Gray, 1842) | |
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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.
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]
Its fur is yellowish-gray in color. [2]
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]
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