Aren’t we all good students? Let’s hope the members of the Kingston lab can keep up with that pace!

Just recently, Iroro and Ben teamed up to publish another portion of their findings from their bat-venture in Nigeria! Together with their co-authors, they discovered that the diversity of Afrotropical bats isn’t as depauperate as previously thought. In fact, they found that the Afrotropical bat diversity is comparable to that of other ecoregions, such as those in Peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia. Their conclusion? The underrepresentation of the Afrotropical bat diversity stems largely from undersampling the species-rich narrow ensemble. And why is that you ask? Well, it’s simply because earlier studies did not include harp traps in their surveys! So, Y’all, make sure those harp traps are in good shape, strings included, so you won’t miss out on any adorable, fuzzy, nocturnal winged creatures!

Check out Iroro and Ben’s findings!