Forest Tube-nosed Bat
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The Forest Tube-Nosed Bat (Murina silvatica) is a species of vesper bat
in the Vespertilionidae family. It is found only in Japan
, where it is called the .
Vesper bat
Vesper bats , also known as Evening bats or Common bats, are the largest and best-known family of bats. They belong to the suborder Microchiroptera . There are over three hundred species distributed all over the world, on every continent except Antarctica...
in the Vespertilionidae family. It is found only in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, where it is called the .
Source
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Murina silvatica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.