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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Murina ussuriensis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Vespertilionidae

Genus

Murina

Species

Murina ussuriensis

Mammalia🥩 Carnivore

Ussuri Tube-nosed Bat

Murina ussuriensis (Ussuri Tube-nosed Bat · コテングコウモリ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)LC (Least Concern)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

🇰🇷 Class I endangered wildlife (Korea)

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Carnivore

Length · Height

4~4.9cm · No data (Wingspan 0.19m)

Mass · Top Speed

5~6g · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Temperate mountain mixed forests; roosts under leaves, in tree hollows, and in abandoned mines during the day

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 A wingspan of 19–22 cm is similar to the short side of an A4 sheet of paper (21 cm) (Comparison).
💡 A weight of 5–6 g is lighter than a single Korean 500-won coin (about 7.7 g) (Comparison).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

📊 Mass & Speed Index (0–100)

⚖️ Mass Index (Blue Whale ~190 t = 100, log scale)9

Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.

#작은관코박쥐#Murina ussuriensis

📖 1. Overview

The Ussuri Tube-nosed Bat is a small bat around 5 cm in body length with tube-like protruding nostrils. It lives in temperate forests of the Russian Primorye region, northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its fur is short and dense, golden-reddish to grayish-brown on the back and pale grayish-white on the belly. Its nearly hairless nostrils protrude in long tubes, and the entire tail membrane is covered with hair.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It catches flying insects in forests after sunset and has even been observed catching dragonflies. In Japan, females give birth to one or two young between late May and late July, and individuals usually hibernate alone.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

It is listed as Class I endangered wildlife (Korea) in the National List of Species of Korea (National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR)). Records from the Zoological Museum in Russia also include North Korea in its range.