Davies's big-eared bat

Davies's big-eared bat
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	Glyphonycteris
Species:	G. daviesi
Binomial name
	Glyphonycteris daviesi; (Hill, 1964)

Davies's big-eared bat or the graybeard bat (Glyphonycteris daviesi) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is named after James (Jim) Noel Davies (B. 1936) who discovered it whilst on an expedition in British Guiana, South America (Guyana since 1966) in 1963. This was the Cambridge University expedition to the rainforest reserve near Bartica in British Guiana. This species can weigh 30 grams and has a wingspan of up to 50cm. It is bigger than most micronycteris bats with a fierce disposition. A small frog was found in the stomach of a specimen, and the bat is strong-willed enough to chew its way out of a cloth bag.

The species is found across the tropical regions of South America, including Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.[1] It is recorded (2021) in the Eponym Dictionary, published by Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore USA.

References

Solari, S. (2018). "Glyphonycteris daviesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T13377A22124873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T13377A22124873.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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[iucn_status_16_November_2021-1] Solari, S. (2018). "Glyphonycteris daviesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T13377A22124873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T13377A22124873.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.