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Eastern water bat

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Vespertilionidae

Scientific name
  
Myotis petax

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Chiroptera

Genus
  
Myotis

Rank
  
Species

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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. It has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List.

Distribution

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).

References

Eastern water bat Wikipedia