Agence France-PresseA new species of bat has been discovered in wooded areas of Europe, an international team of researchers said on Tuesday, as well as another "very rare" species that lives in caves in North Africa. The new bat species discovered in Europe is called Myotis crypticus and lives in wooded areas in Italy, France, Switzerland and Spain, researchers said, led by a team at Spain's National Research Council. The same study discovered a new species in North Africa called Myotis zenatius which is "extremely rare and vulnerable", the National Research Council said. This species can only be found in a few caves in mountainous regions of Morocco and Algeria, it added. "It is possible that it already deserves to be included on the list of species in danger of extinction," the researchers said.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 19, 2019 18:11 UTC