| Maluku myotis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Myotis |
| Species: | M. moluccarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Myotis moluccarum Thomas, 1915
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The Maluku myotis (Myotis moluccarum), also commonly known as the Arafura large-footed bat, is a species of mouse-eared bat.[2] Native to Indonesia, and possibly New Guinea and northern Australia, it one of several species known as "fishing bats" because they catch their prey on the surface of water, scooping it up with their large feet.
- ^ Armstrong, K.N. (2021). "Myotis moluccarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T136770A22033795. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T136770A22033795.en. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 511. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.