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Solomon Islands Monkey-faced Bats
Pteralopex spp
“Monkey‑faced bats” are a group of large fruit bats found only in the Solomon Islands. They belong to the genus Pteralopex and ···
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Bats, generally referred to as Chiroptera, are the only truly flying mammals. In addition to the characteristics of most mammals, they possess a range of morphological adaptations for flight. Bats can be divided into two suborders, with a total of 16 families, 185 genera, and 962 species worldwide. China has approximately 7 families, 30 genera, and 120 species.
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Large-eared Flying-fox
Pteropus macrotis
The large‑eared flying‑fox (Pteropus macrotis), also called the big‑eared flying fox, is an Old World fruit bat in the flying‑···
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Flying Foxes
Pteropus spp. (family Pteropodidae; e.g., Pteropus alecto, P. poliocephalus)
“Flying foxes” are large fruit bats, most famously the species in the genus Pteropus. They have a fox-like face with a longer sn···
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Black Flying-fox
Pteropus alecto
The black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) is a large fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae and one of the most abundant flying-foxes i···
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Harpiola isodon
Harpiola isodon
Small bat, distributed domestically in Taiwan and abroad in Vietnam. It is a typical nocturnal forest bat, but its main habitat is···
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Murina shuipuensis
Murina shuipuensis
Shuifu tubnosed bat was described by Eger and Lim in 2011 based on a male specimen collected from Shuipu Village, Yuping Town, Lib···
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Murina recondita
Murina recondita
It is a relatively small bat distributed only in Taiwan. Typical nocturnal animal, whose main habitat is unknown, with sporadic us···
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Murina puta
Murina puta
Formosan tubenosed bats are found only in Taiwan. Found using banana dead leaves to roost. Emits typical short-duration and wide-b···
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Murina jinchui
Murina jinchui
Jinchu tube-nosed bats are small in size and can be distinguished from Northeast tube-nosed bats, white-ventral tube-nosed bats an···
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Murina gracilis
Murina gracilis
This species is endemic to China. It is only distributed in Taiwan. It is a typical nocturnal arboreal bat, but its habitat is not···
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Murina feae
Murina feae
Tube-nosed bats are small, with forearms about 29mm long. The front end of the nasal orifice protrudes into a short tubular shape,···
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Murina fanjingshanensis
Murina fanjingshanensis
Fanjingshan Siphonophorus is similar to white-ventral and yellow-thorax siphonophorus, but there are some differences in body leng···
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Murina bicolor
Murina bicolor
The yellow-thorax bat is a medium-sized bat, which is a typical nocturnal animal, and its main habitat is not very clear, which ca···
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Murina aurata
Murina aurata
Golden tube-nosed bats are small, with forearms 28-32mm long. The nostrils are tubular, slender and long, and turn upward. The ear···
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Plecotus taivanus
Plecotus taivanus
Formosan long-eared bats are found only in Taiwan. It is a typical nocturnal animal and has been found to roost in tree holes. Emi···
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Falsistrellus affinis
Falsistrellus affinis
Medium size. The ear shell is long and wide, with blunt and rounded ends. The tragus is short, with a concave notch at the base of···
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Thainycteris torquatus
Thainycteris torquatus
Yellow-necked bats are currently found only in Taiwan, China. Medium bats are 48-65mm long, 40-50mm long forearms, and 35-48mm lon···
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Thainycteris aureocollaris
Thainycteris aureocollaris
Ringnecked bats are large, with forearms 47-52mm long; The hind foot is 9-12mm long, about half the length of the tibia. The dorsa···
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Pipistrellus javanicus abramus
Pipistrellus javanicus abramus
Pipistrella javanica is a small pipistrella. Hill & Harrison (1987) divided the Phyllopipistrella javanica into two effective ···
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Myotis nipalensis
Myotis nipalensis
The Nepalese Myotis is relatively small, with a forearm length of 34-36.9mm. The inner edge of the ear shell is curved, and there ···
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Submyotodon latirostris
Submyotodon latirostris
The habitat of the bat is not well known. Using narrow-band, constant-frequency echolocation sound waves to detect prey in the env···
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Myotis frater
Myotis frater
Long-tailed Myotis bats are found in Fujian Province. Allen (1923) named the specimen from Fujian, and Ognev (1927) named the spec···
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Rhinolophus yunnanensis
Rhinolophus yunnanensis
Rhinolophus yunnanensis was published in 1872 by Dobson on the basis of two male and one female specimens collected in Hotha, Chin···
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Formosan lesser horseshoe bat
Formosan lesser horseshoe bat,Rhinolophus monoceros
This species is endemic to China, and because of its small size, it will be clustered, and is a typical group of nocturnal animals···
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