#NewSpecies!
New horseshoe bat from #lesotho just flew in:

Rhinolophus cervenyi

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/FFA65EA6-8DD4-407B-ABFC-610E8C399574
Publication: http://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0119
#Mammalia #Rhinolophuscervenyi

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #mammalogy #mammals #chiroptera #bats #horseshoebat

There are two mammals, or perhaps broadly groups of mammals, that exemplify Halloween. One is the black cat. The other is the bat. Bats have a long history in human folklore, tradition, and fictional literature and cinema. In North America, the Creek, Cherokee, and Apache viewed the bat as a trickster god. In Aztec mythology they were associated with dead, destruction, and decay. The witches […]

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Wer mit Viren leben will soll sich bitte zur Fledermaus 🦇 weiterentwickeln!

https://fediscience.org/@PLOSBiology/111493091544782096 The human #OAS1 protein restricts #SARSCoV2 replication, but #HorseshoeBat OAS1 has lost this ability. @spyroslytras @WilsonLabCVR &co resurrect the 60,000,000 yr old ancestral bat OAS1, revealing how this ancient #antiviral mechanism was lost #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3N6fWPx #corona

Lesser Horseshoe Bat Speedpaint. Little Radar.

#Bat #Bats #Baturday #HorseshoeBat #MastoArt #DigitalArt #Art #Speedpaint