Unknown bat species captured in Amami-Oshima, Kagoshima, Japan

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  • Asari Yushin
    Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  • Kimoto Yuna
    Amami-Oshima Ranger Office Ministry of the Environment

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  • 奄美大島で捕獲された種不明のコウモリ類
  • アマミ オオシマ デ ホカク サレタ タネ フメイ ノ コウモリルイ

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<p>In October 2017, we conducted harp trapping based on witness information of bat species at a school in Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima, Japan, and captured two male bats. These bats had different morphological features from other bat species known to inhabit the island, and were considered to represent an unrecorded species. These bats were similar to H. alaschanicus; however, we could not identify the bats to specific species. Echolocation call types of captured individuals was FM-QCF pulse with a mean peak frequency of 35.35 kHz, and unknown bat species flying on the coast of southeastern Amami-Oshima Island also showed the same mean peak frequency. This result suggests that the captured bats and the unknown flying bats are the same species.</p>

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