Curry's bat

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Curry's bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Glauconycteris
Species:
G. curryae
Binomial name
Glauconycteris curryae
Eger & Schlitter, 2001

Curry's bat (Glauconycteris curryae) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical and tropical swamps.

The specific name was originally curryi, but it was emended to be curryae in accordance with §31.1.2 of the ICZN Code. [2]

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References

  1. Schlitter, D. (2019). "Glauconycteris curryae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T44792A22068253. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44792A22068253.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Eger, Judith L. (2001). "Emendation of Glauconycteris curryi". Acta Chiropterologica. 3 (2): 248.

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