The Status of Nepal's Mammals: The National Red List Series - IUCN

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ventral surface very pale. Wings short and broad,
muzzle and lower lip naked, fleshy and dark. The
nostrils are tubular and protuberant; their orifices
are circular and open obliquely. Ears are short and
broad, anterior margin convex and tip rounded.
Tragus long, narrow and tapering, anterior margin
convex, the outer tragus concave above, slightly
convex below and with a basal notch. Feet with
hairy toes, baculum saddle-shaped.
Species Ecology
The Rufous Tube-nosed Bat occurs in grasslands,
plantations and mixed woodlands and is a low-flying
insectivore species.
Conservation Status
Global: Data Deficient
National: Data Deficient
Rationale for assessment: There is insufficient
information available to make an accurate
assessment of the extinction risk of this species in
Nepal.
200) Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857)
Common Names
Lesser Mouse-eared Bat (English); Sano Musakane
Chamero (Nepali)
Synonyms
Vespertilio murinoides (Dobson, 1837); Vespertilio
blythii (Tomes, 1857); Myotis africanus (Dobson,
1875)
Species Description
Pelage woolly, shorter on the belly than back, dorsal
surface buff-brown with dark grey hair roots. Ears
tall, their tips bluntly rounded. The anterior border
of each pinna is evenly convex, with a sharply
projecting lobe at the base. The antitragus is small
and low. The tragus is tall and narrow above the
base and has a straight anterior margin which
narrows to the tip, the posterior margin is gently
convex in its middle and sharply emarginated just
References
Bates and Harrison 1997, Molur et al. 2002
Legal Status
National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2029
(1973).
National Distribution
Kathmandu Valley.
Distribution outside Nepal
Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Thailand.
Main Threats
• Disturbances to roosting sites.
• Habitat degradation.