What can be mouse-eared, long-eared or whiskered?
Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat The wall-roosting mouse-eared bat, or Nepalese whiskered myotis ("Myotis muricola") is a species of vesper bat whose type locality is Nepal. "M. muricola" was previously classified as a subspecies of "Myotis mystacinus" but genetic studies indicate that "M. muricola" represents a complex of species. The upper side of "M.muricola" is coloured brown or grey with dark bases and the underside has dark bases and light brown tips. The ears are moderately long, slender, bent forwards and bluntly pointed (Francis, 2008). "M.muricola" has small feet with wing membranes attached at the base of the toes. The tail is
Long-eared flying mouse and its tail is approximately 5 cm. Long-eared flying mouse The long-eared flying mouse ("Idiurus macrotis"), or long-eared scaly-tailed flying squirrel, is a species of flying mouse from western and central Africa. It is not actually a :squirrel, nor a :mouse, though it is a rodent. Not much is known about them because they are very hard to keep alive in captivity. To achieve gliding flight, it uses two membranes (patagia) which fold up when not in use. When the limbs are stretched wide in a star-shape, the membranes become taut and allow the rodent to glide from tree to