Ryukyu tube-nosed bat explained
The Ryukyu tube-nosed bat (Murina ryukyuana) is a species of vesper bat found only in Japan.
Description
Murina ryukyana has rounded ears that are 35.5to with tragi that are 9.5to. It has straight hair in shades of brown, with dorsal hairs longer than its ventral hairs.[1]
Distribution and habitat
The bat is found only on Okinawa-jima Island, Tokunoshima Island, and Amami-Oshima Island. It predominantly roosts in understory foliage. [2]
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Notes and References
- Maeda . Kishio . Matsumura . Sumiko . 1998-04-01 . Two New Species of Vespertilionid Bats, Myotis and Murina (Vespertilionidae: Chiroptera) from Yanbaru, Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan . Zoological Science . en . 15 . 2 . 301–307 . 10.2108/zsj.15.301 . 0289-0003 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240416051249/https://bioone.org/journals/zoological-science/volume-15/issue-2/zsj.15.301/Two-New-Species-of-Vespertilionid-Bats-Myotis-and-Murina-Vespertilionidae/10.2108/zsj.15.301.full . 2024-04-16.
- Preble . Jason H. . Vincenot . Christian E. . Saito . Kazuhiko . Ohte . Nobuhito . 2021 . Roosting ecology of endangered plant-roosting bats on Okinawa Island: Implications for bat-friendly forestry practices . Ecology and Evolution . en . 11 . 20 . 13961–13971 . 10.1002/ece3.8101 . 2045-7758 . 8525085 . 34707831. 2021EcoEv..1113961P .
