Bibundi bat


The Bibundi bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.
It can be found in the following countries: Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, and Uganda. It is also found in Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve.

Taxonomy

It was described as a new species in 1913 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas.
The holotype had been collected in Bibundi, Cameroon by R. Kemp during the Rudd Exploration.
Based on molecular evidence, it is closely related to the silvered bat.

Description

Its flight membranes are brown, and it has dusky brown fur.
Its fur can also be dark brown or nearly black.
It has conspicuous whitish stripes on the sides of its back
Its forearm length is approximately.
The head and body measures while the tail is long.
It has very large ears, with fairly large tragi.

Range and habitat

The Bibundi bat is an African species, with documented occurrence in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and Uganda.
It is rarely encountered, with records from only six localities as of 2018.

Conservation

As of 2019, it is evaluated as a data deficient species by the IUCN.
It is infrequently encountered, and thus little is known about its population size and trend, range size, natural history, or threats that it is facing.