World’s 1,500th known bat species confirmed from Equatorial Guinea

World’s 1,500th known bat species confirmed from Equatorial Guinea

From Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea, researchers have described what is officially recognized as the 1,500th bat species known to science, according to a recent study. The newly described bat is a species of pipistrelle, a group of tiny insect-eating bats, and scientists have named it Pipistrellus etula, with etula meaning “island” or “nation” in the language of the Bubi people of Bioko Island. “The recognition of P. etula as the 1,500th bat …