The Ryukyu tube-nosed bat ''(Murina ryukyuana)'' is a species of
vesper bat
Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ...
found only in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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Distribution and habitat
The bat is found only on
Okinawa-jima Island,
Tokunoshima Island, and
Amami-Oshima Island.
References
External links
NatureWatch NZ
Murininae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Mammals described in 1998
Bats of Asia
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