Recently there was a news about Dr. DeeAnn Reeder at Pennsylvania's Bucknell University uncovering a new genus of bat collected from South Sudan an African country. So far only five specimens of this species have been caught including the latest recapture by Dr. DeeAnn Reeder.The first specimen discovered in 1939 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was placed in the genus Glauconycteris under the name Glauconycteris superba.
Dr. DeeAnn Reeder’s careful scrutiny showed that her pricy find is unique in the shape, size of its skull and unique stripes and hence she sent the specimen to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., for analysis. The institute after a careful examination found that the specimen is a misfit to be categorized in the genus: Glauconycteris. Later it was announced that this specimen belongs to a new, so far unknown, genus "Niumbaha”.
The term Niumbaha has its origin from the South Sudan’s tribal language Zande which means "rare" or "unusual". Hence forth the new specimen formerly known as Glauconycteris superba has been christened as Niumbaha superba.
This new species has marking patterns on its back similar to the Proboscis bat (Rhynchonycteris naso) found in southeastern Mexico and northern part of South America.
I think this is the only species that has a variety of common names,
The Pied bat
The Butterfly bat
The pied butterfly batThe Panda bat
The skunk bat
The badger bat
- Dr. P. Kumarasamy
Further reading: http://www.pensoft.net/J_FILES/1/articles/4892/4892-G-3-layout.pdf
http://www.bucknell.edu/X81336.xml?utm_source=NewsRelease&utm_medium=NewsRelease&utm_campaign=NewsRelease
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.list/tagNo/1738/tags/species-discovery/
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