Long-fingered bat




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Long-fingered bat

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Species : Myotis capaccinii

 

The Long-fingered bat is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the longfingered bat
A young / baby of a longfingered bat is called a 'pup'. A longfingered bat group is called a 'colony or cloud'.

Facts about the long-fingered bat

De Capaccini's vleermuis (Myotis capaccinii) is een middelgrote gladneusvleermuis. (Full text)

The long-fingered bat (Myotis capaccinii), is classified as vulnerable or endangered throughout most of its European range, but effective conservation is difficult because so little is known about its behavior and ecological requirements. (Full text)

One of the largest roosts of Schreiber’s long-fingered bat is De Hoop Guano cave, where approximately 300 000 bats live. (Full text)

The long-fingered bat is slightly smaller in size and hangs differently on the ceiling. (Full text)

1. Myotis, genus Myotis -- (largest and most widely distributed genus of bats)
Myotis
genus Myotis
(Source WordNet)

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