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Disk-footed Bat

Eudiscopus denticulus

Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Eudiscopus
IUCN status
LC
Distribution
Myanmar|Thailand|Laos|Vietnam|China|India
Realm
Indomalaya

About this species

Range
Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam; recorded in Meghalaya, India in 2021

The disc-footed bat is a vesper bat found in Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. It was recorded in 2021 in the Lailad area of Meghalaya in north-eastern India, near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, about 1,000 km west of its nearest known habitat in Myanmar (Wikipedia, general species account).

Phylogenetic analysis supports it as a basal member of the group that includes the widespread genus Myotis. The cached account gives no description, measurements, diet or breeding information (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of India guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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