The eastern water bat or Sakhalin bat (Myotis petax) is a species of mouse-eared bat. It was for a long time considered to be a subspecies of Myotis daubentonii.[2]

Eastern water bat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species:
M. petax
Binomial name
Myotis petax
Hollister, 1912

Distribution

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The Eastern water bat is a forest bat found in Russia (south and eastern Siberia, Transbaikalia, Primorye and Sakhalin), northern China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan (Hokkaido).[3]

References

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  1. ^ Fukui, D.; Sano, A. (2020). "Myotis petax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T85342726A85342734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T85342726A85342734.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Matveev, V.A., Kruskop, S.V. and Kramerov, D.A. 2005. Revalidation of Myotis petax Hollister, 1912 and its new status in connection with M. daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817) (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera). Acta Chiropterologica 7(1):23–37. [1]
  3. ^ Bats of Russia page on Myotis petax, accessed 19 August 2012
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