Chinese water bat

Chinese water bat
Systematics
Order :	Bats (chiroptera)
Superfamily :	Smooth-nosed (Vespertilionoidea)
Family :	Smooth-nosed (Vespertilionidae)
Subfamily :	Myotinae
Genre :	Mouse ears ( myotis )
Type :	Chinese water bat
Scientific name
	Myotis laniger
	( Peters , 1870)

The Chinese Daubenton's bat ( Myotis laniger ) is a type of mouse ears ( Myotis ) within the bats (Chiroptera). It is spread over parts of central and south-east China to India and Vietnam .

features

The Chinese water bat reaches a head-trunk length of 40 to 42 millimeters and a tail length of 38 to 40 millimeters. The hind feet are 8 to 11 millimeters long, the ears 12 to 16 millimeters. Accordingly, it is a relatively small species of bat. The back fur is short and dark brown, the stomach hair has a dark base and light brown to gray hair tips. The face is also covered with hair. The feet are a little longer than half the length of the lower leg. The flight membrane starts at the base of the toes, the calcar is present and not keeled.

The skull is delicately built and the teeth show some species-specific features.

distribution

Distribution areas of the Chinese water bat

The Chinese water bat lives in East Asia, the range of which extends from the center over the southeast of the People's Republic of China to the east of India in the state of Meghalaya and Vietnam .

Way of life

Very little information is available about the lifestyle and ecological demands of the widespread bat species. It prefers wooded habitats and is likely to rest in caves and tree hollows. Most of the specimens collected so far come from caves.

Systematics

The Chinese water bat is assigned to the mouse ears (genus Myotis ) as an independent species . The scientific first description comes from the German naturalist Wilhelm Peters in 1870, who together with the Hairy Daubenton's bat ( Myotis fimbriatus ) on the basis of several individuals from Xiamen in the province of Fujian in the Catalog of the Mammals of China by Robert Swinhoe as Vespertilio laniger described . Some scientists assigned it to the water bat ( Myotis daubentonii ) as a subspecies. No subspecies are distinguished within the species.

Hazard and protection

The species is classified as “least concern” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) due to its large distribution area and high population numbers. There are no known major threats to the species population, but there is also little data available on the current population, the way of life and ecological demands of the species.

supporting documents

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Don E. Wilson: Chinese Water Myotis. In: Andrew T. Smith , Yan Xie: A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton University Press, 2008; P. 378. ISBN 978-0-691-09984-2 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Myotis laniger in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012.2. Submitted by: G. Csorba, P. Bates, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
^ Wilhelm Peters: Catalog of the Mammals of China (south of the River Yangtsze) and of the Island of Formosa . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 42, 1870: p. 617
^ ^A ^b ^c Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds.): Myotis laniger in Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).

literature

Don E. Wilson Chinese Water Myotis. In: Andrew T. Smith , Yan Xie: A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton University Press, 2008; P. 378, ISBN 978-0-691-09984-2 .

Web links

Myotis laniger onthe IUCN 2012 Red List of Threatened Species . 2. Submitted by: G. Csorba, P. Bates, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2012.

[Smith_&_Yan_Xie_2009-1] Don E. Wilson: Chinese Water Myotis. In: Andrew T. Smith , Yan Xie: A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton University Press, 2008; P. 378. ISBN 978-0-691-09984-2 .