Miniopterus fuliginosus

Habitat. Mostly temperate habitats from arid steppes in Afghanistan to wooded areas in China and Japan, more tropical habitats in southern India (wet evergreen forests) and Sri Lanka, and mainly lower hilly country in Sri Lanka from sea level to elevations above 2000 m (Himalayas).

Movements, Home range and Social organization. The Asian Long-fingered Bat probably has a metapopulation structure, like other temperate species of Miniopterus. Displacement of 200 km was recorded in Japan that is of similar magnitude to those known in Europe for Schreibers’s Long-fingered Bat between different refuges used by the same population. Breeding colonies of up to 12,000 individuals are known in Japan, consisting almost entirely of adult females. Hibernation colonies can have up to 83,000 individuals, although they are usually much smaller. The colony in Robbers’ Cave in Western Ghats, India, contains 100,000 - 200,000 individuals in the breeding period, and it includes females and males with no apparent sexual segregation. This colony is considered the “ mother colony, ” which contains individuals from other “ secondary colonies ” usually within 70 km of the mother colony.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed as a separate species on The [UCNRed List, where itis included under Schreiber’s Long-fingered Bat (M. schreibersii) as Near Threatened.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 47 - 65 mm, tail 44 - 61 mm, ear 8: 7 - 12 mm, hindfoot 7 - 12 mm, forearm 44 - 7 - 49 - 6 mm; weight 13 - 6 g (+ 1 - 1 g SD). Pelage of the Asian Long-fingered Bat is soft, velvety, and silky. Bases and tips of hairs are unicolored. Dorsal surface is blackish brown to gray-brown. Venteris slightly paler, usually dark gray-brown, and occasionally has a more or less reddish morph. Ears are short. Tragus is slightly curved forward. Membranes are dark, almost black. Dental formula for all species of Miniopterusis 12 / 3, C 1 / 1, P 2 / 3, M 3 / 3 (x 2) = 36. Chromosomal complement has 2 n = 46 and FN = 52 (Japan and China) or 2 n = 46 and FN = 54 (India).

Distribution. NE Afghanistan, N Pakistan, NW, N, NE & S India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, N Myanmar, N Vietnam, S, SE & E China, Taiwan, Korean Peninsula, extreme S Russian Far East, and Japan (except Hokkaido); it may occur in Bhutan and Bangladesh.

Distribution S Caucasus, Iran and Bulgaria to most of China and Japan; most of the Indo-Malayan region; Philippines; New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Australia; sub-Saharan Africa; Bismarck Archepelago. Caucasus through to South Asia, Peninsular Southeast Asia, China, North and South Korea. It has been recorded also over much of the Philippines, and on the islands of Sumatra, Java and Bali (all Indonesia), and from the island of Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia). In Japan, it is found on Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island, and Sado Island (Abe et al., 2005). Distribution in Lao PDR (Fig. 88): Khammouan Province: Pha Deng; Nakai Plateau (ROM collection); Tam Houay Si (Tham Houaysy) (Robinson and Webber, 2000).

Sumber: A checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Lao PDR