The fringed long-footed myotis (''Myotis fimbriatus'') 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 famili ...

in the family

Vespertilionidae 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 famili ...

. It is found in China,

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

and

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

. The fringed long-footed myotis is described as having short, thick, brown fur with pale whitish fur ventrally. A captured female was measured with ears that were 14.4 mm long, a forearm 42.2 mm long, and a weight of 9.9 grams. ''Myotis fimbriatus'' is listed as being of least concern by the IUCN as of 2008. In 2000, ''Myotis fimbriatus'' was listed as being "lower risk/near threatened". The species ''Myotis taiwanensis'', initially described as a subspecies of the large-footed bat (''Myotis adversus'') and reclassified into its own species in 2010, is now thought to be a subspecies of ''M. fimbriatus''.

References

Mouse-eared bats Mammals of China Mammals of Taiwan Mammals of Hong Kong Mammals described in 1871 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Bats of Asia {{Vespertilionidae-stub