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Rickett's Big-footed Myotis

Bats

Photo: (c) Dan Riskin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY (May be cropped or resized)

Myotis pilosus

Basic stats

Diet

Fish (60% pale chub near Beijing) and water beetles

Habitat

Water-dependent habitat specialist

Range

Southern and eastern China, Vietnam and Laos

Rickett's big-footed bat is a widely distributed vesper bat of southern and eastern China, Vietnam and Laos, a habitat specialist that depends strictly on water because much of its diet is fish. Near Beijing its diet was 60% pale chub and 13% water beetles. It is threatened by water pollution. The older name pilosus has priority over ricketti, which arose from an erroneous type locality in Uruguay (Wikipedia, general species account).

The cached account does not list India in its range, although the Indian species list includes this species, so its occurrence here should be checked, and it gives no description or breeding information (Wikipedia, general species account).

Quick answers

What does the Rickett's Big-footed Myotis eat?
Fish (60% pale chub near Beijing) and water beetles
What habitat does the Rickett's Big-footed Myotis live in?
Water-dependent habitat specialist
Where is the Rickett's Big-footed Myotis found?
Southern and eastern China, Vietnam and Laos
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