The Asian parti-colored bat (''Vespertilio sinensis'') is a species of parti-coloured bat. An adult Asian parti-colored bat has a body length of , a tail of , and a wing length of . Asian parti-colored bats are distributed across East Asia, from Taiwan through eastern

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, eastern Mongolia and Russia ( Siberia) to the Korean Peninsula and Japan ( Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and

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Taxonomy and etymology

It was described as a new species in 1880 by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters. Peters named it ''Vesperus sinensis''. Its species name "''sinensis''" comes from Latin ''

Sinae The names of China include the many contemporary and historical appellations given in various languages for the East Asian country known as ''Zhōngguó'' (/, "middle country") in its national language, Standard Mandarin. China, the name in Engl ...

'', meaning "China." The holotype was collected in Beijing. The species was known as ''V. superans'' until 1997 when it was demonstrated that ''V. sinensis'' should be used under the nomenclature rule known as the

Principle of Priority 270px, '' valid name. Priority is a fundamental principle of modern botanical nomenclature and zoological nomenclature. Essentially, it is the principle of recognising the first valid application of a name to a plant or animal. There are two asp ...

Description

Its forearm length is . Its hairs are bicolored, with the basal portions blackish brown and the distal portions off-white.

Range and habitat

Its range includes several countries and regions in eastern Asia, such as

and Taiwan,

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, North and South Korea, Mongolia, and Siberia.

Conservation

As of 2019, it is evaluated as a least-concern species by the

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1833588 Mammals of East Asia Vespertilio Mammals described in 1880 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Bats of Asia