Eastern water bat explained

The eastern water bat or Sakhalin bat (Myotis petax) is a species of mouse-eared bat. It was for a long time considered to be a subspecies of Myotis daubentonii.^[1]

Distribution

The Eastern water bat is a forest bat found in Russia (south and eastern Siberia, Transbaikalia, Primorye and Sakhalin), northern China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan (Hokkaido).^[2]

Notes and References

1. Matveev, V.A., Kruskop, S.V. and Kramerov, D.A. 2005. Revalidation of Myotis petax Hollister, 1912 and its new status in connection with M. daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817) (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera). Acta Chiropterologica 7(1):23–37. http://psjc.icm.edu.pl/psjc/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?AAAA014540
2. http://zmmu.msu.ru/bats/rusbats/e_guide/mpet_e.htm Bats of Russia page on Myotis petax, accessed 19 August 2012