Betula kenaica can be eaten either raw or cooked and can be used as soup thickener. The sap is used to make honey. Betula kenaica Betula kenaica, or Kenai birch, is a species of birch that can be found in Alaska and northwestern North America at above sea level. It grows up to tall, with reddish-brown bark that may become pink or grayish-white. The leaf blades are ovate and grow in 2-6 pairs which are (sometimes up to ) long and wide. The leaf margins are cuneated and serrated with rounded base and acute apex. The flowers bloom in late spring while
White-winged vampire bat White-winged vampire bat The white-winged vampire bat ("Diaemus youngi"), a species of vampire bat, is the only member of the genus Diaemus. They are found from Mexico to northern Argentina and are present on the islands of Trinidad and Margarita. The white-winged vampire bat was described by Dutch zoologist Fredericus Anna Jentink in 1893. Dr. Charles Grove Young (1849-1934) is the eponym for the species name "youngi". Jentink decided to honor Young with the species name because "our Museum is indebted [to him] for so many additions to its collections of the British Guyana animals." When it was described by