Curry's bat

{{Short description|Species of bat}} {{speciesbox | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref=<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Schlitter, D. |date=2019 |title=''Glauconycteris curryae'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T44792A22068253 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44792A22068253.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Glauconycteris | species = curryae | authority = Eger & Schlitter, 2001 | synonyms = }} '''Curry's bat''' ('''''Glauconycteris curryae''''') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical and tropical swamps.

The specific name was originally ''curryi'', but it was emended to be ''curryae'' in accordance with §31.1.2 of the ICZN Code.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Eger|first1=Judith L.|title=Emendation of ''Glauconycteris curryi''|journal=Acta Chiropterologica|date=2001|volume=3|issue=2|page=248}}</ref>

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==Further reading== * {{cite book|last1=Eger|first1=Judith|editor1-last=Happold|editor1-first=Meredith|editor2-last=Happold|editor2-first=David C. D.|title=Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats|date=2013|publisher=Bloomsbury|location=London|pages=567–568|chapter=''Glauconycteris curryae'' Curry's Butterfly Bat|series=Mammals of Africa|volume=4}}

Category:Glauconycteris Category:Mammals described in 2001 Category:Bats of Africa Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot