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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Endangered |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This species roosts in caves and mines, with colonies numbering over several hundred bats. This species forages over forests and feeds mainly on Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and Diptera (Fukui et al. 2009). Female give birth single young in early June.
Range:
This species is endemic to Japan where it is known from Amami-Oshima, Tokuno-shima, Okinoerabu Island, Okinawa Island, Kume Island, Ishigaki, and Iriomote islands (Sano 2015). In 1933, the species was collected from Kii Peninsula (Honshu), but it now appears to be extinct there (Maeda 1978, 1982).
Conservation:
No breeding colonies are known from protected areas. Near the new airport, an artificial cave has been constructed as an alternative roost, but only few individual roosted so far. It is listed as Endangered (EN) in the Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment 2014).