The Nimba myotis (Myotis nimbaensis), also known as the orange-furred bat or Nimba Mountain bat, is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. The species is endemic to the Nimba Mountains in Guinea, West Africa.

Dec 27, 2021 · In 2018, an international team of experts climbed into the Nimba Mountains of Guinea in search of the Lamotte’s roundleaf bat. The species is exceedingly rare—known from just a single mountain and considered critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Jan 22, 2021 · But for a newly-described bat from West Africa, dubbed Myotis nimbaensis (mouse-eared bat from the Nimba Mountains), scientists are reaching for a different part of the color wheel. While Myotis does have some black on its body, the overwhelming majority of the bat’s fur is bright orange.

Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera. They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genera Acerodon and Pteropus — flying foxes. They are the only member of the superfamily Pteropodoidea, which is one of two superfamilies in the suborder Yinpterochiroptera.

Jan 14, 2021 · Scientists working in the caves and mining tunnels of the Nimba Mountains in Guinea, West Africa, have discovered a “striking” new species of orange and black bat.

Jan 21, 2021 · An orange-furred bat has been described from the caves and mining tunnels of the Nimba Mountains in Guinea. Researchers say the bat had such a distinctive look that they quickly recognized it was ...

Jan 14, 2021 · Scientists on Wednesday announced the discovery of a new bat species in Africa that has a striking mix of fiery orange and black colors, according to reports. The new Halloween-hued bat, Myotis...

The orange leaf-nosed bat (Rhinonicteris aurantia) is a bat in the family Rhinonycteridae. [3] It is the only living species in the genus Rhinonicteris [ 4 ] which is endemic to Australia, occurring in the far north and north-west of the continent.

Bats are unique mammals with their forelimbs adapted as wings and they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight.

Jan 26, 2021 · Bats are a staple of Halloween decor. But researchers have found a new species of nocturnal flyer that may make for an even better spooky season mascot. A newly discovered bat combines black...