Giant oil bat - Great oil bat

...Its main natural enemy is the domestic cat. There are two similar species living in Japan: the Japanese long-eared bat P. endoi , which is smaller than this species, has a reddish-brown back, and lives exclusively in forests, and the large Japanese long-eared bat P. savii , which is larger, has a black-brown back, and there are only a few records of it being found in caves and houses. [Yoshiyuki Mizuko]...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "giant oil bat" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…おもな天敵はイエネコ。日本にすむ近似種には本種よりさらに小型で体背面が赤褐色を呈し，もっぱら森林に生息するモリアブラコウモリP.endoi，大型で体背面が黒褐色で，洞窟，人家から数例の記録があるにすぎないオオアブラコウモリP.saviiの2種がある。【吉行 瑞子】。…

※「オオアブラコウモリ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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