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Hill’s horseshoe bat by Dr. Jon Flanders, Director of Bat Conservation International
Of more than 1,300 bat species on our planet, this might be the most comical-looking.
So says the chief scientist at Bat Conservation International when describing the Hill’s horseshoe bat, thought to be extinct for 40 years.
“It’s astonishing to think that we’re the first people to see this bat in so long,” said Dr. Jon Flanders, Director of the organization, in a statement last week.
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‘Comical’ Bat Thought to Be Extinct is Found Again After 40 Years in Dense Rainforest
