The Abo bat (Glauconycteris poensis ) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It is found in several countries in West Africa and Central Africa.It is found in these habitats: subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.
Its fur is yellowish-gray in color.
It is found in several countries in West and Central Africa, including Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
It is currently evaluated as least concern by the IUCN—its lowest conservation priority.It meets the criteria for this classification because it has a large geographic range; its population is presumably large; and it is not likely to be in rapid population decline.