Happy Bat Appreciation Day and Happy birthday to me 😊🦇
What a great day to be born!

Portrait of Hipposideros cf. ruber from Equatorial Guinea.
#BatAppreciationDay

Earlybird registration for the 20th IBRC 2025 is open!
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Nycteris hispida 🦇
Some indiv. display a striking yellow coloration 💛—notice how vivid it appears on the nose-leaf & tragus!
The tragus—a small cartilaginous structure—plays a crucial role in #bat echolocation 🎶 & serves as a 🔑 trait for researchers to distinguish cryptic sp
#Taxonomy #AfricanBats

Hairy slit-faced bat (Nycteris hispida) from #EquatorialGuinea 🦇
The "tragus" is a piece of cartilage found in the ear👂useful for the echolocation of #bats 🎶
For researchers it is a key feature to help us distinguish between cryptic sp 🦇🔍

#taxonomy #Africa

A Little collared fruit bat (Myonycteris torquata) from #EquatorialGuinea, isn't it cute?
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The collar of thick yellow-orange hairs on the throat indicate it's a male ready for matting 😘

Ever wondered how to capture the details of a #bat skull?
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Here's how I do it!

📢Museum collections can be very important in today's research (taxonomy, systematis & bat conservation)

#macrophotography #museum #skull #BatConservation #taxonomy

Hi! I’m Laura, a final year PhD student focused on Equatorial Guinea’s bats🦇. Passionate about taxonomy, ecology, conservation & capacity building. Based at BiBio Research Group at Natural Sci Museum of Granollers, CIBIO-Biopolis & Estación Biológica de Doñana. Also an amateur photographer 📸