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Gloomy tube-nosed bat
The
gloomy
tube-nosed bat
is a
species
of
vesper bat
in the
family
Vespertilionidae
. It is only known by the
holotype
, an old
female
,
collected
on
Tsushima Island
in
1962
. It
might
be
possibly extinct
as
Tsushima
is badly
deforested
and
surveys
to rediscover this species
failed
. Due to its imperiled
status
, it is
identified
by the
Alliance for Zero Extinction
as a species in
danger
of
imminent
extinction
.