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Yanbaru Myotis

Myotis yanbarensis

The Yanbaru whiskered bat (Myotis yanbarensis) is a species of vesper bat in the genus Myotis. It is known only from three islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago, south of Japan, Okinawa (where the Yanbaru forest is situated), Amami Ōshima, and Tokunoshima. The species has been classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.

Yanbaru Myotis
Photo: map data: Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. distribution: Maeda, K. 2008. Myotis yanbarensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 October 2012. compilation: rbrausse · CC BY-SA 3.0

Overview

The Yanbaru whiskered bat (Myotis yanbarensis) is a species of vesper bat in the genus Myotis.
It is known only from three islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago, south of Japan, Okinawa (where the Yanbaru forest is situated), Amami Ōshima, and Tokunoshima.
The species has been classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.

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Representative video of genus MyotisCredit: Adams R, Snode E, Shaw J · CC BY 2.5Source ↗

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  2. Wikipedia — Yanbaru whiskered bat Wikipedia

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