Van Gelder's Bat
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| Bauerus dubiaquercus (Van Gelder, 1959) |
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Antrozous dubiaquercus Van Gelder, 1959 |
The Van Gelder's Bat (Bauerus dubiaquercus) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico. The bat was discovered by Richard Van Gelder, then-curator of Mammalogy at the American Museum of Natural History. He dubbed the bat "dubiaquercus" in honor of Oakes Plimpton, who doubted the newly-discovered bat was a different species.
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- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Bauerus dubiaquercus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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