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Whiskered Myotis

Bats

Myotis muricola

Basic stats

Diet

Flying insects

Habitat

Forest, roosts in furled leaves or tree hollows

Range

Widespread across South and Southeast Asia, including Borneo

Litter size

1 pup

Gestation period

About 2–3 months (typical for Myotis)

Size

Small bat (forearm ~34–38mm)

Weight

4–7g

One of the most widespread and commonly recorded Myotis species in Southeast Asian forest, often roosting in furled dead leaves or small tree hollows rather than caves.

Nocturnal, hunting small flying insects within and around forest interior; among the more frequently mist-netted bats in Bornean small-mammal surveys.

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