Long-toed myotis: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the long-toed myotis lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Myotis secundus
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Vespertilionidae

Where does the long-toed myotis live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the long-toed myotis in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Chinese Taipei

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the long-toed myotis endangered?

The long-toed myotis’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the long-toed myotis?

The long-toed myotis (Myotis secundus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Vespertilionidae, genus Myotis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the long-toed myotis

The long-toed myotis or Taiwan long-toed myotis (Myotis secundus) is a species of vesper bat endemic to Taiwan.

It was first discovered by scientists in 2003, and described in a 2015 study of the phylogenetics of Myotis bats from Taiwan and eastern China. It is thought to be closely related to the Yanbaru whiskered bat (M. yanbarensis) of the Ryukyu Islands. Its specific epithet, secundus, references to it being the second (at the time) and undescribed Myotis known from Taiwan, the other being the reddish myotis (M. soror), which was later described alongside M. secundus. Despite its name, the long toes are not particularly distinctive compared to other Myotis species.

It is widespread throughout Taiwan, where it inhabits forested areas in both the mountains and eastern lowlands. It is not thought to be particularly threatened, and is thus classified as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Long-toed myotis (revision 1315087588), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q19515570 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).