| Yanbaru whiskered bat | |
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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. yanbarensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Myotis yanbarensis Maeda & Matsumura, 1998
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The Yanbaru whiskered bat (Myotis yanbarensis) is a species of vesper bat in the genus Myotis.
It is known only from three islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago, south of Japan, Okinawa (where the Yanbaru forest is situated), Amami Ōshima, and Tokunoshima.[2] The species has been classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.[1]
- ^ a b Fukui, D.; Sano, A. (2019). "Myotis yanbarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T29484A22067327. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T29484A22067327.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Maeda, K.; Matsumura, S. (1998). "Two new species of vespertilionid bats, Myotis and Murina (Vespertilionidae: Chiroptera) from Yanbaru, Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan". Zoological Science. 15 (2): 301–307. doi:10.2108/zsj.15.301.