Nancy B. Simmons, Curator-in-Charge, Department of
Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology and Professor, Richard Gilder
Graduate School leads the "Dr. Simmons' research group" which focuses on
systematics and evolutionary biology of bats (Chiroptera).
On Thursday
Nov. 20 she announced the finding of a new bat species named Thyroptera
wynneae. This is Peruvian Disk-winged bat discovered in 2014 by an
international team lead by Paul Velazco of the American Museum of
Natural History. This new species was discovered in an area already
known to be home to two other species of Disk-winged bats, suggesting
that local diversity of these tiny, specialized insectivores may be
higher than previously suspected.
You can find her book "Bats: A World of Science and
Mystery" which presents these fascinating nocturnal creatures in a new
light. Lush, full-color photographs portray bats in flight, feeding, and
mating in views that show them in exceptional detail. The photos also
take the reader into the roosts of bats, from caves and mines to the
tents some bats build out of leaves.
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