Rickett's big-footed bat
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| Rickett's big-footed bat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Myotis |
| Species: | M. pilosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Myotis pilosus Peters, 1869 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Myotis ricketti (Thomas, 1894) | |
Rickett's big-footed bat (Myotis pilosus) is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in southern and eastern China, Vietnam, and Laos. This species has often been called Myotis ricketti, but the older M. pilosus has priority. The erroneous reporting of the type locality as being in Uruguay by Wilhelm Peters led to the dual naming.[1]
Rickett's big-footed bat is a widely distributed habitat specialist that is strictly dependent on water since its diet consists in large proportion of fish. It is threatened by water pollution.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Csorba, G. & Bates, P. (2008). "Myotis pilosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
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