Glauconycteris curryae Eger & Schlitter 2001

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Curry’s Butterfly Bat

Glauconycteris curryae

French: Glauconyctére de Curry / German: Curry-Schmetterlingsfledermaus / Spanish: Glauconicterio de Curry

Other common names: Curry’s Bat

Taxonomy. Glauconycteris curry: [sic] Eger & Schlitter, 2001,

10 km W Bipindi (03’05° N, 10°25° E), elevation of ca. 300 m, Cameroon.

Originally described as G. curry: but subsequently corrected to curryae. A. Hassanin and colleagues in 2018 retrieved G. curryae as sister to G. beatrix. Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from S Cameroon, Gabon, and single locality in N DR Congo.

Descriptive notes. Head-body c¢.40-44 mm, tail 35-41 mm, ear 11-12 mm, hindfoot 6-8 mm, forearm 34-38 mm; weight 4-5 g. Pelage is dense, and length at shoulder is 7 mm. Dorsal fur is umber-brown to sepia-brown or reddish brown. Head and shoulders are slightly paler than rump. Ventral fur is paler. Ears are rounded, separate, and short for a vespertilionid but of medium length for a Glauconycteris. Inner margin is semicircular, with rounded lobe at base, and outer margin is flattened, connecting with well-developed fleshy lobe on lowerlip near corner of mouth. Tragus has rounded tip, Inner margin is straight, and posterior margin is straight, with triangular lobe at base. Wings and uropatagium are dark brown and not reticulated. Tibia is short (14-16 mm) compared with other Glauconycteris. Head is high-domed, and muzzle short, broad, and flattish. Skull is small, and profile of forehead is strongly concave compared with other Glauconycteris. I? is strongly bicuspid, with secondary cusp about one-third to one-half the height of main cusp. Lowerincisors are tricuspid and not crowded.

Habitat. Lowland tropical moist forests and swamp forests. Recorded over a pool in a vast stand of bamboo neara river, pools and forest streams, and on the shore ofa lake.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Major threats include loss and degradation of lowland rainforests.

Bibliography. Eger (2001, 2013a), Eger & Schlitter (2001), Hassanin et al. (2018).