Nepalese Whiskered Bat

The Nepalese whiskered myotis, also called the wall-roosting mouse-eared bat, is a vesper bat whose type locality is Nepal. The fur on the upper side is 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, and the long tail is fully enclosed in the interfemoral membrane (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is nocturnal and insectivorous, tending to feed in the first two hours after sunset and before dawn, using ultrasonic echolocation. It drinks by swooping low over water or by collecting droplets from the roofs of the tunnels or caves where it roosts. It is found across Asia from Afghanistan to the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Nationally Least Concern (Nepal National Red List 2011).