Big-footed Myotis

About this species

Range

China, the Korean Peninsula, Japan and the Russian Far East

The big-footed myotis, Myotis macrodactylus, is also called the eastern long-fingered bat. It belongs to the diverse mouse-eared bat genus Myotis and the vesper-bat family Vespertilionidae. Its accepted species range covers China, North and South Korea, Japan and Russia. The common names emphasize the enlarged feet and elongated digits, but exact measurements are omitted because the opened general account did not provide a sufficiently sourced set of values (Wikipedia, general species account; Mammal Diversity Database).

This bat's broad Northeast Asian distribution includes the Korean Peninsula, but the opened species-level sources provide limited ecological detail. Roost choice, prey composition, breeding timing and Korean habitat associations are therefore left unstated instead of being inferred from other Myotis. Field identification should not rest on the English name alone: closely related mouse-eared bats require measurements and often acoustic or genetic evidence. The scientific name and documented national occurrence provide the reliable core of this conservative profile (Mammal Diversity Database; Wikipedia, general species account).

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