Evidence for Ussurian tube-nosed bats (Murina ussuriensis) hibernating in snow.
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SUBMITTER: Hirakawa H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6089880 | biostudies-other | 2018 Aug
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Evidence for Ussurian tube-nosed bats (Murina ussuriensis) hibernating in snow.
Hirakawa Hirofumi H Nagasaka Yu Y
Scientific reports 20180813 1
Surviving winter is a challenge for endothermic animals living at high latitudes. In bats, some species migrate to milder climates in winter, but others presumably stay and hibernate in thermally buffered roosts. However, we know little about where, or in what roosts bats hibernate. Ussurian tube-nosed bats (Murina ussuriensis) have occasionally been observed under or near the surface of snow. We collected the details of those accounts and used our own observations to conclude that these bats hi ...[more]
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