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Banana bat

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Also known as Musonycteris harrisoni

species of mammal

Species

Vulnerable

Banana Bat

species

Observations2

The word “Musonycteris” comes from the Arabic word for banana (musa) and the Greek word for bat (nycteris). The species is named for Ed N. Harrison, who supported the Mexican fieldwork of W.J. Schladach, one of the first to describe the bat (Tellez and Ortega 1999).

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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Musonycteris harrisoni
IUCN conservation status
Vulnerable
taxon common name
Bananenfledermaus
Commons category
Musonycteris harrisoni
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