Name：Plecotus taivanus
Alias：Plecotus taivanus
Outline：Chiroptera
Family：Chiroptera batidae Pipistrella
length：40-50 mm
IUCN：LC
Formosan long-eared bats are found only in Taiwan. It is a typical nocturnal animal and has been found to roost in tree holes. Emits a typical short sustained echolocation acoustic wave to detect the environment and prey, and can also listen to the prey to lock and hunt prey on the surface of the leaf.
It's a small bat. The body length is 40-50mm, the forearm length is 36-43mm, and the tail length is 42-56mm. The head is brown, the snout is prominent, and the nostrils are large. The base of the dorsal seta is dark brown to black, the tip is yellowish brown; The ventral hairs are light in color and often grayish white. The auriculae are large, longer than the width of the ear, and blunt at the top. The tragus is about half the length of the ear. The alar membrane is broadly round, connected to the left and right and extending to the base of the toe.
In the Chinese Red List of Species (2004) assessed as endangered EN.
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