New Black and Orange Bat Species Discovered in West Africa

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By Olivia RosaneJan 18, 2021, 3:26 pm276 pts
In 2018, a team of researchers went to West Africa's Nimba Mountains in search of one critically endangered species of bat. Along the way, they ended up discovering another. The new bat species, Myotis nimbaensis, has an unusual orange and black coloring, and it was written up for the first time last Wednesday…

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