Myotis frater

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Myotis frater

Species Authority:

G.M. Allen, 1923

Common Name/s:

English

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Fraternal Myotis, Long-tailed Whiskered Bat

Synonym/s:

Myotis frater Tsytsulina & Strelkov, 2001 subspecies eniseensis

Myotis frater Imaizumi, 1956 subspecies kaguyae

Myotis longicaudatus Ognev, 1927

Taxonomic Notes:

Myotis bucharensis used to be included as a subspecies (see Tsytsulina and Strelkov 2001).

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Tsytsulina, K.
Reviewer/s:	Hutson, A.M., Racey, P.A. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Temple, H. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is widespread but has a fragmented distribution. There is relatively little information available on population trends and threats. In Japan this species is listed as Vulnerable and in Russia it is listed as a rare species. The Chinese population could be a distinct species, but more research is required to clarify this. Listed as Data Deficient because of taxonomic uncertainty and lack of data.

Range Description:	This species ranges from southern Siberia to the Korean Peninsula, and the provinces of Nei Mongol, Heilongjiang in northeast China (subspecies M. f. frater Allen, 1923), and Japan, where it is found only on Honshu and Hokkaido (Abe et al., 2005). It is also found in central and southern China in the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Anhui (subspecies M. f. longicaudatus Ognev, 1927) (Smith and Xie, in press). The area is severely fragmented. Chinese population may represent a distinct species (K. Tsytsulina pers. comm. 2008).
Countries:	Native: China; Japan; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Russian Federation
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Population:	Naturally rare species. There are no data on population size.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology:	In Japan it is found in tree hollows during the day, but also some breeding colonies over 100 individuals have been found in houses (Abe et al., 2005). One small colony was also found in a cave (Abe et al. 2005). In Russia was found in caves (during winter) and rock cracks. The type series collected in China were taken from holes in bamboo stems (Smith and Xie, in press).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Little information is available. Loss and degradation of forest habitats may be a problem.

Major Threat(s):

Little information is available. Loss and degradation of forest habitats may be a problem.

Conservation Actions:	The species occurs in some protected areas throughout the range.

Conservation Actions:

The species occurs in some protected areas throughout the range.

Citation:	Tsytsulina, K. 2008. Myotis frater. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
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