Meet the curious "bat-panda" of Africa

Bats .I am sure that when you say this word, the classic image of that small, restless bat with sharp fangs appears immediately to your mind, which comes out at night to feed on the blood of other animals.The truth is that it is incredible to discover that in the world there are more than 1,100 species identified, each adapted to the environment in which it develops and with particular and unique characteristics.

There are fruit bats, pig-nose bats, flying fox bats...wonderful species to which, recently, one more has been added: the bat-panda .All gorgeous winged that it is worth presenting to you in our space.

The strange Sudan-panda bat

It was recorded for the first time in 1939, when a group of biologists advanced through the thick and wonderful forests of Ituri, in the current Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is such a dense scenario that it is common to find species still unknown .It was for a brief moment, a moment when, suddenly, a strange being crossed before them winged that looked like a mixture between a little monkey and a bat.How could it be?

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It was only a short time in which it was impossible for them to take pictures and even less take it.The natives also knew of their existence but, as they themselves said, it was a very elusive animal that was rarely seen. Never met him again, remaining more like a legend of the forests of Congo, that as a real species.

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Congo Forests

It was during 2013, when a group of flora and fauna researchers from the University of Bucknell in Pennsylvania and the Ministry of Wildlife and Tourism of South Sudan organized an expedition to hit that ghost bat again.The bat with panda fur, as elusive as it was attractive.

And they were successful , of course.Biologists were amazed by the peculiarity of this bat .Has spots and some unique lines of its kind.In fact, according to them, rather than resemble a panda, it looks like a badger .A badger with wings.An animal that demanded a different and very particular classification because its characteristics are so little seen until now.

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Biology, DeeAnn M.Reeder, He tells us that as soon as he saw it, he knew that they were with one of the most particular bats ever seen, but why? You will ask yourself.Why is this animal so curious? The bat-panda has a different skull to any other, as well as its ears, its wings and even its size.It does not fit with anything that was known so far.Biologists have been forced to create a new genus of bat for the: Numbaha.

And what does «Numbaha» mean exactly? In the Azande language it means "weird, weird." A really appropriate name, no doubt.Although the media and the whole world already know him as "the bat-panda." This creature is in danger, like so many others, due to habitat.so exclusive where it develops.Biologists remind us, once again, of the need to take care of these unique scenarios in the world, such as the Congo forests , where such incredible species continue to appear.

Other curious species: The tube nose bat

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We did not want to finish this article without presenting you another variety of bat discovered in 2009 in Papua New Guinea.It is the nose bat of tube. It's all a find, as you can see.It has a nice air to Shrek, which makes us smile almost without wanting.It feeds on fruit and its peculiar nose, devoid of any type of structure, does not stop sneezing on rainy days.An example more of those wonders that nature hides and that, day by day, brings us creatures that we did not know yet, showing us how little we know of our own world and how beautiful (or particular) it can become.

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Image: Christophe Andre

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