Kobayashi's Bat

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Kobayashi's Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Eptesicus
Species: E. koyabashii
Binomial name
Eptesicus koyabashii
(Mori, 1928)

The Kobayashi's Bat (Eptesicus koyabashii) is a species of bat. An adult Kobayashi's Bat has a body length of 6.0-6.3 cm, a tail length of 4.6-4.8 cm, and a wing length of 4.5-4.7 cm. The species is found only on the Korean Peninsula; it has been suggested that it may actually be a local form of Eptesicus bottae, Botta's Serotine.

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  • Won, Byeong-o (원병오) (2004). 한국의 포유동물 (Hangugui poyudongmul, Mammals of Korea). Seoul: Dongbang Media. ISBN 89-8457-310-8. 

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