Delicate Tube-nosed Bat

Delicate Tube-nosed BatThis small bat is endemic to Taiwan. Gold-shining hairs mix into its back fur, and the authors considered it and another newly described species apparently forest-dependent.What does it look like?The back fur ranges from dark to yellowish brown and includes shiny golden guard hairs. The underside ranges from grayish brown to grayish white, with dark hair bases.How does it live?This small bat is endemic to Taiwan. Gold-shining hairs mix into its back fur, and the authors considered it and another newly described species apparently forest-dependent.The authors described both new species, M. gracilis and M. recondita, as apparently forest-dependent. M. gracilis specimens in the study came from sites above 1,400 m.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.