Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Southeast Asian Long-Fingered Bat (Miniopterus fuscus), recorded as Endangered
Southeast Asian Long-Fingered Bat (Miniopterus fuscus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Southeast Asian Long-Fingered Bat

Miniopterus fuscus

Southeast Asian Long-Fingered Bat is a bat in the family Miniopteridae (order Chiroptera) — Miniopterus fuscus, recorded as Endangered and tied to Japan.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Miniopterus fuscus
Recorded from
Japan
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Chiroptera · Miniopteridae · Miniopterus

The bat

The bat has an average body mass of 10.8 grams (0.38 oz) and a forearm length of 41.5 millimetres (1.63 in).

Range and habitat

The species is found in Amami-Oshima, Tokuno-shima, Okinoerabu Island, Okinawa Island, Kume Island, Ishigaki, and Iriomote Island in Japan. It inhabits forests and roosts in mines and caves, in colonies of several hundred individuals. There is a colony of 10,000 females on Okinawa Island.

A new airport has been constructed nearby on Ishigaki Island above several caves frequented by these bats.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

It is endemic to Japan and has been assessed as endangered by the IUCN. The species has been assessed as endangered by the IUCN Red List due to its small area of inhabitance, degradation of its habitat, and disturbance of caves where it roosts.

Southeast Asian Long-Fingered Bat is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Southeast Asian Long-Fingered Bat, Wikidata item Q2051769. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Southeast Asian Long-Fingered Bat?
Southeast Asian Long-Fingered Bat is a bat in the family Miniopteridae (order Chiroptera) — Miniopterus fuscus.
What is the conservation status of Southeast Asian Long-Fingered Bat?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Miniopterus fuscus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Southeast Asian Long-Fingered Bat live?
The species is found in Amami-Oshima, Tokuno-shima, Okinoerabu Island, Okinawa Island, Kume Island, Ishigaki, and Iriomote Island in Japan.
Why is Southeast Asian Long-Fingered Bat in crisis?
It is endemic to Japan and has been assessed as endangered by the IUCN.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Miniopterus fuscus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Southeast Asian Long-Fingered Bat a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.