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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Myotis rufoniger

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Vespertilionidae

Genus

Myotis

Species

Myotis rufoniger

Mammalia🥩 Carnivore

Reddish-black Myotis

Myotis rufoniger (Reddish-black Myotis · Reddish-black Myotis)

🛡️ 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) · Natural Monument (Korea) «Reddish-black Myotis (Orange-whiskered Bat)»

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Carnivore

Length · Height

5.7~7cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

8~15g · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Broadleaf mountain forests of East Asia, and caves and abandoned mines used for hibernation

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 A maximum weight of 15 g is about the weight of three sheets of A4 paper (about 5 g per sheet) (Comparison).
💡 Because it chooses undisturbed caves and abandoned mines for hibernation, refraining from entering caves or mine entrances in winter is an everyday way to help protect this bat.

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)12

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

#붉은박쥐#Myotis rufoniger

📖 1. Overview

The Reddish-black Myotis is a medium-sized bat with vivid orange fur across its body, living in mountain forests of Korea, Tsushima in Japan, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Laos.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its fur is long, soft, and deep orange, and its black wings have orange areas along the bones and close to the body. The nose tip, thumbs, and feet are black.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It feeds mainly on moths along with small amounts of ants and spiders. It hibernates in warm, humid caves and abandoned mines with little human disturbance from late October to late May, and in Korea usually gives birth to a single young from late June to early July.

🇰🇷 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)) and was designated a Natural Monument (Korea) by the Korea Heritage Service on March 17, 2005. In Hampyeong, Jeollanam-do, 878 ha of forest has been designated as a conservation area for this species.