Wildlifeof Vietnam
Rickett's Big-footed Myotis
Bats
Photo: (c) Dan Riskin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Myotis pilosus
Rare visitor: recorded only occasionally in this country
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).
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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