#myotis

Yanbaru Whiskered Bat Myotis yanbarensis

It is known only from three islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago, south of Japan, Okinawa (where the Yanbaru forest is situated), Amami Ōshima, and Tokunoshima. The species has been classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.

Saw this little cutie (and woke him from his nap) while backpacking near Mt St Helens. I'm not familiar with the bat species in the area, do you have any thoughts?

Bat ID - WA, USA:

I'\m not really great at bat ID, but this looks a lot like Long-eared Myotis (Myotis evotis), Verspertillionidae.

Today’s a very brief look at a bat of moderate size: Morris’s Myotis (Myotis morrisi). They are considered to be of moderate size and were first described in 1968 [1].

Aside from their appearance, we know that they forage at a moderate height of around 1-3 metres, are found in dry scrub regions in Ethiopia and Nigeria [2], and… that’s about it. There have been two of them ever captured, with research papers mentioning them only to say that they know nothing about them [3], and the IUCN reasonably classifying them as Data Deficient [4].

The image above is also the only observation of them on iNaturalist, and it’s from 1968, of the one captured with a mist net over the River Nile, who would go on to be the first scientific record of this species [5].

Indochinese Myotis Myotis indochinensis

A species of cave-dwelling bat found in Vietnam and China. Although very little is known about the species, it may be under threat from the disturbance of caves and logging in its habitat.

Normal and well-adjusted devil 😈 [Textless / doodleless version below]

cracks new sprites open like a cold beverage

Reblog with 1 troll, alien, ect and Myotis will judge them. If they have an ancestor title to the face attached, please make sure to include that in your reblog. 18+ muns and muses only please for this freak.