East Asian Free-tailed Bat

The East Asian free-tailed bat was formerly considered the same species as the European free-tailed bat. It has a forearm of 57–65 mm and long, narrow wings, and its range includes China, Japan and the Korean Peninsula (Wikipedia, general species account). Its occurrence in Japan is independently supported by the national catalogue and distribution evidence used to assemble this regional guide.

The cached account does not list India in the range, although the Indian species list includes this species, so its occurrence here should be checked. It gives no habitat, diet or breeding information (Wikipedia, general species account). Its occurrence in Japan is independently supported by the national catalogue and distribution evidence used to assemble this regional guide. Japanese distribution should be checked against current national records when planning field identification or survey work.