{{Short description|Species of bat}} {{speciesbox | name=Beatrix's bat | image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.16362.b ven - Glauconycteris beatrix - skin.jpeg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref=<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Monadjem, A. |author2=Taylor, P.J. |author3=Jacobs, D. |author4=Cotterill, F.P.D. |date=2017 |title=''Glauconycteris beatrix'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T44791A22068514 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44791A22068514.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Glauconycteris | species = beatrix | authority = Thomas, 1901 | synonyms = {{Species list |Chalinolobus beatrix| Thomas, 1901}} }} '''Beatrix's bat''' ('''''Glauconycteris beatrix''''') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria. It is found in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
==Taxonomy and etymology== It was described as a new species in 1901 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. The holotype used to describe the species was collected by George Latimer Bates in 1898 along the Benito River in what was then the French Congo.<ref name="Thomas 1901">{{cite journal| last=Thomas| first=O.| year=1901| title=XXXIV.—New Species of Macroscelides and Glauconycteris| journal=The Annals and Magazine of Natural History|series=7| volume=8|issue=45| pages=255–257| doi=10.1080/03745480109442917| url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980303}}</ref> While Thomas did not state who the eponym was for the species name "''beatrix''", it has been hypothesized that he named it after Princess Beatrice.<ref name="Beolens 2009">{{cite book| last1=Beolens| first1= B.| last2= Watkins| first2= M.| last3= Grayson| first3= M.| date=2009| title= The eponym dictionary of mammals| url=https://archive.org/details/eponymdictionary00beol| url-access=limited| publisher= JHU Press| page=[https://archive.org/details/eponymdictionary00beol/page/n48 32]|isbn=978-0-8018-9533-3}}</ref>
==Description== It is a small species of bat with blackish brown fur. Its flight membranes are uniformly brown. It has a broad snout and short, broad tragi. Its forearm length is approximately {{cvt|39|mm|in}}.<ref name="Thomas 1901"/>
==Range and habitat== Beatrix's bat is found in several countries in West and Central Africa, including Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, and Nigeria. It is associated with tropical lowland forests.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" />
==Conservation== As of 2017, it is evaluated as a least-concern species by the IUCN.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" />
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
{{Vespertilionidae|V.|V.}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q1830408}}
Category:Glauconycteris Category:Bats of Africa Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Category:Mammals described in 1901 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot