HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
--> SUBFAMILY Vespertilioninae
--> TRIBE Vespertilionini
--> GENUS Glauconycteris
SPECIES Glauconycteris machadoi
Author: | Hayman, 1963. | Citation: | Comp. Diamantes de Angola, Ser. Cult., 1963: 107. | Common Name: | Machado's Butterfly Bat | Type Locality: | Angola, Lac Calundo. | Distribution: | Angola; known only from the type locality. | Status: | IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001). | Comments: | Known only from the holotype. Koopman (1971a:6) treated machadoi as a subspecies of variegata, suggesting that it might be "simply a melanistic mutant individual" of the latter widespread species, which is typically pale creamy buff with a whitish head and pale wing membranes. Alternatively, Hayman and Hill (1971) treated machadoi as a separate species in recognition of its distinct coloration, which includes brown dorsal fur, a dark brown head, dark wing membranes, and a creamy-white underbelly. Peterson and Smith (1973) and Crawford-Cabral (1989c) also treated machadoi as distinct. I follow the latter authors pending additional evidence. |
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