Myotis moluccarum

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001).

Sumber: Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae

Distribution: Ambon and Kai Isls (Moluccas), N and W Australia, Seram, Waigeo Isl (West Palua, Indonesia), Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Solomon Isls.

Sumber: Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae

Habitat. Primarily in coastal lowlands near permanent freshwater sources, including wetland habitats from large lakes to forest streams, from sea level up to elevations c. 1200 m.

Sumber: Vespertilionidae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. Maluku Myotis roost in mixedspecies clusters with species of Miniopterus, generally in groups of a few up to 20 individuals.

Sumber: Vespertilionidae

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Maluku Myotisis currently widespread, but taxonomic status in much ofits distribution is uncertain.

Sumber: Vespertilionidae

Descriptive notes. Head-body 40 - 59 mm, tail 27 - 47 mm, ear 10 - 7 - 17 - 3 mm, hindfoot 10 - 14 mm, forearm 36 - 43 - 1 mm; weight 5 - 7 - 11 - 1 g. The Maluku Myotis is large, with very large hindfeet for fishing. Fur is long, dense, and woolly. Dorsal pelage is black brown to medium brown (hairs dark with buffy white or pale gray tips); venter is gray white (hairs with grayish white tips and dark bases). Hindfeet are very long, with long toes and hooked claws. Wings attach at ankles; membranes are black and opaque. Baculum is very short (0 - 66 — 0 - 78 mm), broad, and spatulated. Skull is on average smaller in most measurements compared with the Southern Myotis (M. macropus) but smaller compared with the Gray Large-footed Myotis (M. adversus). P ° and P, are minute at two-thirds the size of first molars.

Sumber: Vespertilionidae