Nepal myotis

Species of bat

Nepal myotis
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species:
M. nipalensis
Binomial name
Myotis nipalensis
Dobson, 1871

The Nepal myotis (Myotis nipalensis) is a vesper bat of genus Myotis.

Description

They are small, with the total length less than 10 centimetres (4 in) and wing span less than 4 centimetres (2 in).[2] It has a small ear and long narrow tragus. It has dense pelage the dorsal pelage is basally dark and dark tipped, ventral pelage is also dark but with paler tips.[3]

Reproduction

They reproduce once a year giving birth to a single offspring.[1]

Distribution

They are endemic to Asia and are found from Iran to Siberia.[2]

Habitat

They are found in both high and low altitude regions. They inhabit a variety of habitats including arid regions mountainous regions and forests.[1]

Diet

They mainly fest on lepidopterans.[3] They hunt at dusk.[1]

Subspecies

Mammal Species of the World lists three subspecies:[2]

  • Myotis nipalensis nipalensis (Dobson, 1871)
  • Myotis nipalensis przewalskii (Bobrinski, 1926)
  • Myotis nipalensis transcaspicus (Ognev & Heptner, 1928)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Srinivasulu, B.; Srinivasulu, C. (2019). "Myotis nipalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136495A21976309. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136495A21976309.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Species Myotis nipalensis". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ a b A Guide to the Mammals of China By Andrew T. Smith, Yan Xie, Robert S. Hoffmann, Darrin Lunde, John MacKinnon, Don E. Wilson, W. Chris Wozencraft
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Species of subfamily Myotinae
Myotis
  • Large-footed bat (M. adversus)
  • Southern myotis (M. aelleni)
  • Silver-tipped myotis (M. albescens)
  • Myotis alcathoe (M. alcathoe)
  • Szechwan myotis (M. altarium)
  • Anjouan myotis (M. anjouanensis)
  • Annamit myotis (M. annamiticus)
  • M. annatessae
  • Hairy-faced bat (M. annectans)
  • Atacama myotis (M. atacamensis)
  • Peters's myotis (M. ater)
  • Sir David Attenborough's myotis (M. attenboroughi)
  • Southwestern myotis (M. auriculus)
  • Australian myotis (M. australis)
  • Southeastern myotis (M. austroriparius)
  • Chestnut myotis (M. badius)
  • M. bartelsi
  • Bechstein's bat (M. bechsteinii)
  • Lesser mouse-eared bat (M. blythii)
  • Rufous mouse-eared bat (M. bocagii)
  • Far Eastern myotis (M. bombinus)
  • Brandt's bat (M. brandtii)
  • Bocharic myotis (M. bucharensis)
  • California myotis (M. californicus)
  • Long-fingered bat (M. capaccinii)
  • Chilean myotis (M. chiloensis)
  • Large myotis (M. chinensis)
  • Western small-footed bat (M. ciliolabrum)
  • Guatemalan myotis (M. cobanensis)
  • Cryptic myotis (Myotis crypticus)
  • Csorba's mouse-eared bat (M. csorbai)
  • Pond bat (M. dasycneme)
  • Daubenton's bat (M. daubentonii)
  • David's myotis (M. davidii)
  • Kock's mouse-eared bat (M. dieteri)
  • M. diminutus
  • Dominican myotis (M. dominicensis)
  • Elegant myotis (M. elegans)
  • Geoffroy's bat (M. emarginatus)
  • M. escalerai
  • Long-eared myotis (M. evotis)
  • M. fimbriatus
  • Findley's myotis (M. findleyi)
  • M. flavus
  • Hodgson's bat (M. formosus)
  • Cinnamon myotis (M. fortidens)
  • Fraternal myotis (M. frater)
  • Gomantong myotis (M. gomantongensis)
  • Malagasy mouse-eared bat (M. goudoti)
  • Gray bat (M. grisescens)
  • Armenian whiskered bat (M. hajastanicus)
  • M. handleyi
  • Lesser large-footed bat (M. hasseltii)
  • Herman's myotis (M. hermani)
  • Horsfield's bat (M. horsfieldii)
  • M. hyrcanicus
  • Ikonnikov's bat (M. ikonnikovi)
  • M. indochinensis
  • Insular myotis (M. insularum)
  • M. izecksohni
  • Hairy-legged myotis (M. keaysi)
  • Keen's myotis (M. keenii)
  • Chinese water myotis (M. laniger)
  • M. lavali
  • Eastern small-footed myotis (M. leibii)
  • Yellowish myotis (M. levis)
  • Kashmir cave bat (M. longipes)
  • Little brown bat (M. lucifugus)
  • Eastern long-fingered bat (M. macrodactylus)
  • M. macropus
  • Pallid large-footed myotis (M. macrotarsus)
  • Schwartz's myotis (M. martiniquensis)
  • Dark-nosed small-footed myotis (M. melanorhinus)
  • M. midastactus
  • Maluku myotis (M. moluccarum)
  • Burmese whiskered bat (M. montivagus)
  • Morris's bat (M. morrisi)
  • Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat (M. muricola)
  • Greater mouse-eared bat (M. myotis)
  • Whiskered bat (M. mystacinus)
  • Natterer's bat (M. nattereri)
  • Curacao myotis (M. nesopolus)
  • Black myotis (M. nigricans)
  • Nimba mountain bat (M. nimbaensis)
  • Nepal myotis (M. nipalensis)
  • M. nyctor
  • Arizona myotis (M. occultus)
  • Singapore whiskered bat (M. oreias)
  • Montane myotis (M. oxyotus)
  • Peninsular myotis (M. peninsularis)
  • Beijing mouse-eared bat (M. pequinius)
  • Eastern water bat (M. petax)
  • M. phanluongi
  • Flat-headed myotis (M. planiceps)
  • Frosted myotis (M. pruinosus)
  • Felten's myotis (M. punicus)
  • Rickett's big-footed bat (M. ricketti)
  • Ridley's bat (M. ridleyi)
  • Riparian myotis (M. riparius)
  • Thick-thumbed myotis (M. rosseti)
  • Red myotis (M. ruber)
  • Schaub's myotis (M. schaubi)
  • Scott's mouse-eared bat (M. scotti)
  • Northern long-eared bat (M. septentrionalis)
  • M. sibiricus
  • Mandelli's mouse-eared bat (M. sicarius)
  • Himalayan whiskered bat (M. siligorensis)
  • Velvety myotis (M. simus)
  • Indiana bat (M. sodalis)
  • Kei myotis (M. stalkeri)
  • M. taiwanensis
  • Fringed myotis (M. thysanodes)
  • Cape hairy bat (M. tricolor)
  • Cave myotis (M. velifer)
  • M. vivesi
  • Long-legged myotis (M. volans)
  • Welwitsch's bat (M. welwitschii)
  • Yanbaru whiskered bat (M. yanbarensis)
  • Yuma myotis (M. yumanensis)
  • Zenati myotis (Myotis zenatius)
Submyotodon
  • S. caliginosus
  • Taiwan broad-muzzled myotis (S. latirostris)
  • S. moupinensis
Taxon identifiers
Myotis nipalensis


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