The

Moupin Muping Town is a town and the county seat of Baoxing County in Sichuan province of southwest China. In the late 1800s, under its alternative rendering Moupin, it developed a reputation for biodiversity among western naturalists, so a number of spe ...

broad-muzzled bat ''(Submyotodon moupinensis)'' is a bat in the family

Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat famili ...

endemic to southern China.

Description

It has a head-body length of , forearm length of , and tail length of . The fur is long and silky, a yellowish colour on the back, dark brownish-black on the sides and greyish below. The ears are long, with a hollow at the rear edge just below the pointed end. The wing membranes are attached to the back of the toes which are small and delicate. The tail is long and completely inclosed in the large

uropatagium The patagium (plural: patagia) is a membranous body part that assists an animal in obtaining lift when gliding or flight. The structure is found in extant and extinct groups of flying and gliding animals including bats, birds, some dromaeosau ...

, the

calcar The calcar, also known as the calcaneum, is the name given to a spur of cartilage arising from inner side of ankle and running along part of outer interfemoral membrane in bats, as well as to a similar spur on the legs of some arthropods. The ...

has a distinct smooth outline.

References

{{Vespertilionidae-stub Submyotodon Endemic fauna of China Bats of China