January 20th Ussuri Tube-Nosed Bat (Murina ussuriensis)

Diet: Insects
Range: North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and Russia
Conservation Status: Least Concern

Happy World Snow Day

Today we are looking at the Ussuri Tube-Nosed Bat. A small Asian insect eating bat that typically lives in clumps of dead leaves. What do these bats have in common with polar bears? When winter rolls around these bats dig out little underground igloos to protect them from predators while they hibernate.

When a bat has a cleaner home than you do it’s time to pick up the place