Yanbaru whiskered bat

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Yanbaru whiskered bat
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species: M. yanbarensis
Binomial name
Myotis yanbarensis
Maeda & Matsumura, 1998

The Yanbaru whiskered bat (Myotis yanbarensis) is a species of vesper bat in the genus Myotis. It is only known from the islands of Okinawa, Amami Ōshima, and Tokunoshima in the Ryukyu Archipelago south of Japan.

References

  1. Maeda, K. (2008). "Myotis yanbarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 Sept. 2010. 

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