Eastern water bat

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Eastern water bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species:
M. petax
Binomial name
Myotis petax
Hollister, 1912
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The eastern water bat or Sakhalin bat (Myotis petax) is a species of mouse-eared bat. It was for a long time considered to be a subspecies of Myotis daubentonii . [2]

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Distribution

The Eastern water bat is a forest bat found in Russia (south and eastern Siberia, Transbaikalia, Primorye and Sakhalin), northern China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan (Hokkaido). [3]

Related Research Articles

Mouse-eared bat Diverse genus of mammals

The mouse-eared bats are a diverse and widespread genus (Myotis) of bats within the family Vespertilionidae.

Eastern long-fingered bat Species of bat

The eastern long-fingered bat, or big-footed myotis is a species of vesper bat. An adult big-footed myotis has a body length of 4.1-4.8 cm, a tail of 3.1-4.9 cm, and a wing length of 3.7-4.2 cm. It nests in groups, and favors caves, tunnels and abandoned mines. It can be found in Korea, Japan from the Amami Islands in the south to Hokkaido in the north, as well as in eastern Siberia and Sakhalin in Russia.

Ikonnikovs bat Species of bat

Ikonnikov's bat is a species of vesper bat. An adult Ikonnikov's bat has a body length of 4.2-5.1 cm, a tail of 3.1-4.0 cm, and a wing length of 3.3-3.6 cm. It is found in eastern Siberia, the Ussuri region, Sakhalin, Hokkaido and Honshu (Japan), and the Korean Peninsula.

Myotinae is a subfamily of vesper bats. Submyotodon is the second extant genus included in the subfamily Myotinae. Before the description of Submyotodon and analysis of its phylogenetics, the only member of Myotinae was the genus Myotis.

Daubentons bat Species of bat

Daubenton's bat or Daubenton's myotis is a Eurasian bat with rather short ears. It ranges from Ireland to Japan (Hokkaido) and is considered to be increasing its numbers in many areas.

References

  1. ↑ Fukui, D.; Sano, A. (2020). "Myotis petax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T85342726A85342734. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T85342726A85342734.en . Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ↑ Matveev, V.A., Kruskop, S.V. and Kramerov, D.A. 2005. Revalidation of Myotis petax Hollister, 1912 and its new status in connection with M. daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817) (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera). Acta Chiropterologica 7(1):23–37.
  3. ↑ Bats of Russia page on Myotis petax, accessed 19 August 2012

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