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Plecotus Teneriffae
The Canary long-eared bat (''Plecotus teneriffae''), also known as the Canary big-eared bat or Tenerife long-eared bat, is a species of vesper bat endemism, endemic to the Canary Islands. According to the IUCN, it is Critically Endangered, critically endangered. It feeds mainly on moths. Roosting sites include caves, lava tubes and abandoned buildings. Taxonomy and etymology It was species description, described as a new species in 1907 by British mammalogist Gerald Edwin Hamilton Barrett-Hamilton. He described it based on specimens in the Natural History Museum, London, British Museum of Natural History. The holotype had been collected by R. Gomez in April 1887 near the town of La Orotava. "R. Gomez" was likely Ramon Gomez, a local pharmacist who traded in medicines, old coins, and biological specimens from the Canary Islands. Its specific epithet (zoology), species name "''teneriffae''" is derived from Tenerife, which is one of the islands of the Canary Islands and the place wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Edwin Hamilton Barrett-Hamilton
Major Gerald Edwin Hamilton Barrett-Hamilton (18 May 1871 – 17 January 1914) was a British and Irish natural historian, co-author with M. A. C. Hinton of ''A History of British Mammals'', which remained "the most thorough, accurate and scientific publication" on British mammals until the 1950s. Biography Barrett-Hamilton was born in Ahmednagar, India, of Irish parents, who returned and settled at Kilmanock in County Wexford when the boy was three years old. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, spending summer holidays botanising at home under the encouragement of Alexander Goodman More. From 1887 to 1908 Barrett-Hamilton contributed papers on Wexford plants to the '' Journal of Botany, British and Foreign'' and to ''The Irish Naturalist''. He held a commission in the 5th (Militia) Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles, where he was appointed captain on 3 March 1897. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War, he was appointed Instructor of Musketry on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |