Asian parti colored bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Vespertilio |
Species: | V. sinensis
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Binomial name | |
Vespertilio sinensis
Peters, 1880
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The Asian parti-colored bat (Vespertilio sinensis) is a species of parti-coloured bat. An adult Asian parti-colored bat has a body length of 6–7 cm (2.4–2.8 in), a tail of 4.3–4.5 cm (1.7–1.8 in), and a wing length of 5 cm (2.0 in). Asian parti-colored bats are distributed across East Asia, from Taiwan through eastern China, eastern Mongolia and Russia ( Siberia) to the Korean Peninsula and Japan ( Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu).
It was described as a new species in 1880 by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters. Peters named it Vesperus sinensis. Its species name "sinensis" comes from Latin Sinae, meaning "China." The holotype was collected in Beijing. [2] The species was known as V. superans until 1997 when it was demonstrated that V. sinensis should be used under the nomenclature rule known as the Principle of Priority. [3]
Its forearm length is 43–55 mm (1.7–2.2 in). Its hairs are bicolored, with the basal portions blackish brown and the distal portions off-white. [4]
Its range includes several countries and regions in eastern Asia, such as China and Taiwan, Japan, North and South Korea, Mongolia, and Siberia. [1]
As of 2019, it is evaluated as a least-concern species by the IUCN. [1]