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Azores noctule

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Species : Nyctalus azoreum

 

The Azores noctule is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Countries
Portugal

Facts about the Azores noctule

The Azorean bat Nyctalus azoreum is the only endemic mammal native to the remote archipelago of the Azores. (Full text)

1. Azores -- (islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal; "the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes")
Azores
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