Kock's mouse-eared bat explained

Kock's mouse-eared bat (Myotis dieteri) is a species of mouse-eared bat found in the Republic of the Congo.

Kock's mouse-eared bat was described as a new species in 2005 by Meredith Happold. The holotype had been collected in a limestone cave by Jean-Paul Adam some time between 1961 - 1968. The eponym for the species name dieteri is German mammalogist Dieter Kock.[1]

Notes and References

  1. 10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[9:ANSOMC]2.0.CO;2. 1733-5329 . 2005 . 7 . 9 . A new species of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from central Africa . Happold . Meredith . Acta Chiropterologica . 86263806 .

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