This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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蝙蝠

こうもり、かわほり、へんぷく、コウモリ
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
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大蝙蝠

おおこうもり、オオコウモリ
fruit bat (Pteropodidae spp.); flying fox; megabat
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蝙蝠傘

こうもり傘
こうもりがさ
(Western-style) umbrella
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永良部大蝙蝠

えらぶおおこうもり、エラブオオコウモリ
northern Ryukyu fruit bat (Pteropus dasymallus dasymallus)
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吸血こうもり

吸血蝙蝠
きゅうけつこうもり
vampire bat
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天狗フルーツ蝙蝠

てんぐフルーツこうもり、テングフルーツコウモリ
tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimeninae spp., esp. the common tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene albiventer)
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鳥無き里の蝙蝠

とりなきさとのこうもり
a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds
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秩父蝙蝠

ちちぶこうもり、チチブコウモリ
Asian barbastelle (Barbastella leucomelas); eastern barbastelle
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かぐや蝙蝠

かぐやこうもり、カグヤコウモリ
fraternal myotis (Myotis frater); long-tailed whiskered bat
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大東大蝙蝠

だいとうおおこうもり、ダイトウオオコウモリ
Daito flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus daitoensis)