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National Natural Monument
Mammals
Eastern Bent-wing Bat
Miniopterus fuliginosus
The Eastern Bent-wing Bat has long, narrow wings suited to fast flight and roosts in caves in large colonies. It catches insects in flight at night. The Daikudani bat cave in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, is a national Natural Monument, and the colony site at Sanze-Hayama in Tsuruoka, Yamagata, is a prefectural Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Miniopterus fuliginosus
- Group
- Mammals
- Prefectures
- Yamagata, Yamaguchi
- 日本語
- ユビナガコウモリ
- 简体中文
- 长翼蝠
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The Eastern Bent-wing Bat is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Yamagata, Yamaguchi.
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