Order Chiroptera Genus Myotis Higher classification Mouse-eared bat | Phylum Chordata Family Vespertilionidae Scientific name Myotis yanbarensis Rank Species | |
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The Yanbaru whiskered bat (Myotis yanbarensis) is a species of vesper bat in the genus Myotis.
It is known only from three islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago, south of Japan: Okinawa (where the Yanbaru forest is situated), Amami Ōshima, and Tokunoshima.
The species has been classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
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