MBAM MINKOM SEROTINE: A newly discovered bat species 🦇🦇
MBAM MINKOM SEROTINE: A newly discovered bat species. Written by Taofeeq Babalola Edited by Uthman Ayoku Oyebamiji Bats are animals of the order Chiroptera. They are the only mammals capable of actual and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than other birds because their forelimbs have been developed as wings. They fly with their long spread-out digits coated with a thin membrane called Patagium. Bats, the second biggest order of mammals after rodents, account for around 20% of all identified mammal species worldwide, with over 1,400 species. Bats are traditionally classified into two suborders: fruit-eating megabats and echolocating microbats. Recently, Amanda Grunwald and her colleagues from Portland State University discovered Mbam minkom serotine ( Pseudoromicia mbamminkom ) , a new species of bat found in Cameroon's Mbam mountain. This bat was discovered during a preliminary survey for their research on bat biodiversity patterns at Mt. Mbam in central Cameroon. A