Hodgson's Bat
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Myotis |
| Species: | M. formosus |
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Myotis formosus (Hodgson, 1835) |
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Hodgson's bat (Myotis formosus), also called the copper-winged bat, is a species of vesper bat in the genus Myotis, the mouse-eared bats. Favouring mountain forests, it is found throughout Central, Southeast, and East Asia, from Afghanistan to the Japanese island of Tsushima. It is about 5 centimetres (2.0 in) long and is distinguished from most other species of bat in this range by its yellowish colouration.
An adult Hodgson's bat has a head and body length of 4.3 to 5.7 centimetres (1.7 to 2.2 in), a tail length of 3.6 to 5.6 centimetres (1.4 to 2.2 in) and a wing length of 4.3 to 5.2 centimetres (1.7 to 2.0 in) and weigh about 15 grams (0.53 oz). The colouring of the short dense fur that covers its body is much more yellow than is that of other bats found within its range.
Hodgson's bat is native to Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan, the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh, the Indian provinces of Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Mizoram, and the Central and Western parts of Nepal at altitudes up to about 3,000 metres (9,800 ft). It is also known from eastern and central China, Taiwan and Korea, the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi and Bali, and from the islands of Palawan, Negros, Sibuyan and Luzon in the Philippines. It is found in both upland and lowland primary and secondary forests and roosts in caves and trees, and sometimes buildings.
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