The Ryukyu long-fingered bat (Miniopterus fuscus) is a bat of the family Miniopteridae that the Mammal Diversity Database records only from Japan, in the Palearctic realm. John Bonhote described it in 1902 from bats collected on Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands by Charles Rothschild, and the database lists it in Mammal Species of the World of 2005. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered. The database also gives the alternative common names Japanese long-fingered bat, Ryukyu bent-winged bat, Southeast Asian bent-winged bat and Southeast Asian long-fingered bat.
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Classification
ThreatsTransportation and Service Corridors 1 ThreatsHuman Intrusions and Disturbance 1 Living or Extinct Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Ryukyu long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)
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Source Ryukyu long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distributionQuote, Species page, Country distribution
Country distribution Japan
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1. Southeast Asian long-fingered bat (Wikipedia)
Description and biology
mainly feeds on butterflies, moths, Hymenoptera, and flies
Conservation
disturbance of caves where it roosts
Conservation, threats
A new airport has been constructed nearby on Ishigaki Island above several caves frequented by these bats
View the Source2. Ryukyu long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)
Species page, IUCN Red List status
IUCN Red List status Endangered
Species page, Species status
Species status Living
Species page, Country distribution
Country distribution Japan
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Species page, Taxonomy: Order
Order: Chiroptera
Child Taxon Of: Miniopteridae, Species page, Taxonomy: Family
Family: Miniopteridae
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