Two Yellow Bat Species Found Hidden in Plain Sight
Scientists who took a closer look at common bats that live around people in Kenya have made a surprising discovery.
Scientists have discovered two new species of yellow-bellied bats, and say there could be more.
Though it’s surprising to find new species with such a prominent feature, scientists point out that it’s not so surprising that the creatures are bats. With more than 1,200 species, bats make up a whopping one-fifth of all mammal species.
But figuring out how all these bats are related to one another is no easy task, because in many cases their differences are subtle at best. And that’s why scientists from Chicago’s Field Museum only stumbled upon the two new species when they looked for small genetic differences in the course of creating an evolutionary family tree for Africa’s yellow bats. The details of their discovery are
