The Commerson's Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros cf. commersoni), at Tsimanampetsotsa National Park (image)

University of Helsinki

Caption

Anthropogenic pressures, such as habitat loss and harvesting for human consumption, are severely threatening bat species, to the point that all human-driven bat extinctions have happened on islands.

Credit

Adrià López-Baucells

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Photo: Adrià López-Baucells

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