Rickett's big-footed bat

Rickett's big-footed bat (Myotis pilosus) is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in southern and eastern China, Vietnam, and Laos. This species has often been called Myotis ricketti, but the older M. pilosus has priority. The erroneous reporting of the type locality as being in Uruguay by Wilhelm Peters led to the dual naming.[1]

Rickett's big-footed bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Myotis
Species:
M. pilosus
Binomial name
Myotis pilosus
Peters, 1869
Synonyms

Myotis ricketti (Thomas, 1894)

Rickett's big-footed bat is a widely distributed habitat specialist that is strictly dependent on water since its diet consists in large proportion of fish. Near Beijing, its diet was 60% pale chub (Zacco platypus), and 13% water beetles. It is threatened by water pollution.[1]

Rickett's big-footed bat was featured in the BBC video series Wild China.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Jiang, T.L.; Feng, J.; Csorba, G.; Bates, P. (2019). "Myotis pilosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T14193A22062554. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T14193A22062554.en.

Mammals of China. Smith, Xie, eds. 2013 Princeton