Will this Bat return?
Did you know that what is possibly the world’s rarest bat lives only in
Seychelles? The Sheath-tailed bat or Sousouri Banan is one of only two
mammals occurring naturally in the granitic islands (the other is the
Fruit bat or Sousouri). It is endemic – it cannot be found anywhere
else in the world. There are only about 40-100 individuals left. It is
believed that to have any chance of saving the species, a population of
500 bats is the viable number. The challenge for us all is how do we
increase the bat population by as much as this?
