Silvered bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the silvered bat lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Glauconycteris argentata
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	Africa
Mass	9.2 g (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Vespertilionidae

Where does the silvered bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the silvered bat in 4 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a silvered bat?

Wikidata records the following for the silvered bat: mass 9.2 g (adult weight).

Is the silvered bat endangered?

The silvered bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the silvered bat?

The silvered bat (Glauconycteris argentata) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Vespertilionidae, genus Glauconycteris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the silvered bat

The silvered bat (Glauconycteris argentata) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Silvered bat (revision 1315238266), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1832018 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).