HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
--> SUBFAMILY Vespertilioninae
--> TRIBE Vespertilionini
--> GENUS Glauconycteris
SPECIES Glauconycteris beatrix
Author: | Thomas, 1901. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 8: 256. | Common Name: | Beatrix Butterfly Bat | Type Locality: | Equatorial Guinea, Rio Muni, Benito River, 15 mi. (24 km) from mouth. | Distribution: | Equatorial Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola. A report of this species from Guinea-Bissau is in error (J. Fahr, pers. comm.) | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt) as Chalinolobus beatrix. | Comments: | Does not include humeralis; see Hill and Harrison (1987) and Heller et al. (1994), but also see Eger and Schlitter (2001). |
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