Rediscovery of Van Hasselt’s Mouse-eared Bat Myotis hasseltii (Temminck, 1840) and its first genetic data from Hanoi, northern Vietnam

Authors

  • Vuong Tan Tu Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, No. 18, Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5915-865X
  • Satoru Arai nfectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama 1-23-1, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5865-0717
  • Fuka Kikuchi Tokyo University of Science, 1 Chome-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1815-7113
  • Chu Thi Hang Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, No. 18, Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3218-2588
  • Tran Anh Tuan Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, No. 18, Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5651-9931
  • Gábor Csorba Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, Budapest H-1088, Hungary. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5720-4600
  • Tamás Görföl Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, Budapest H-1088, Hungary. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1910-4024

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4865.11.7.13915-13919

Keywords:

Bioindicators, Chiroptera, conservation, distribution, habitat, mammals, urbanization

Abstract

This paper presents the rediscovery of Van Hasselt’s Mouse-eared Bat Myotis hasseltii after nearly 50 years and its genetic data from Hanoi, northern Vietnam. In addition, a snapshot of the impacts of urbanization on the current distribution and conservation status of this native bat species in Hanoi is also provided.

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Published

26-05-2019

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Vol. 11 No. 7 (2019)

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Short Communications

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