HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
--> SUBFAMILY Vespertilioninae
--> TRIBE Vespertilionini
--> GENUS Glauconycteris
SPECIES Glauconycteris superba
Author: | Hayman, 1939. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 11, 3: 219. | Common Name: | Pied Butterfly Bat | Type Locality: | Dem. Rep. Congo, Oriental, Ituri Dist., Pawa. | Distribution: | Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, NE Dem. Rep. Congo. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable as Chalinolobus superbus. | Comments: | Although sheila is sometimes recognized as a subspecies, it might represent only a color variant (Rosevear, 1965; J. Fahr, pers. comm.). |
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