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Yanbaru whiskered bat
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The Yanbaru whiskered bat (Myotis yanbarensis) is a species of vesper bat in the genus Myotis.
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Yanbaru whiskered bat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Myotis |
Species: | M. yanbarensis |
Binomial name | |
Myotis yanbarensis Maeda & Matsumura, 1998 | |
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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.[2] The species has been classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.[1]