Murina Explained

Murina is a genus of vesper bats. They are found throughout temperate and tropical regions of Asia.

Taxonomy

Species list based on American Society of Mammalogists and ITIS:^[1]

• Murina aenea - bronze tube-nosed bat
• Murina annamitica - Annam tube-nosed bat
• Murina aurata - little tube-nosed bat
• Murina balaensis^[2] - Bala tube-nosed bat
• Murina beelzebub - Beelzebub's tube-nosed bat
• Murina bicolor^[3] - bicolored tube-nosed bat
• Murina chrysochaetes - golden-haired tube-nosed bat
• Murina cyclotis - round-eared tube-nosed bat
• Murina eleryi - Elery's tube-nosed bat
• Murina fanjingshanensis (He, Xiao & Zhou, 2016) - Fang He tube-nosed bat
• Murina feae - Fea's tube-nosed bat
• Murina fionae - Fiona's tube-nosed bat
• Murina florium - flute-nosed bat
• Murina fusca - dusky tube-nosed bat
• Murina gracilis - slender tube-nosed bat
• Murina guilleni - Guillen's tube-nosed bat
• Murina harpioloides - Da Lat tube-nosed bat^[4]
• Murina harrisoni^[5] - Harrison's tube-nosed bat
• Murina hilgendorfi - Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat
• Murina hkakaboraziensis - Hkakabo Razi tube-nosed bat
• Murina huttoni - Hutton's tube-nosed bat
• Murina jaintiana - Jaintia tube-nosed bat
• Murina jinchui - Jinchu's tube-nosed bat
• Murina kontumensis (Son, Csorba, Tu, & Motokawa, 2015) - Kon Tum tube-nosed bat
• Murina leucogaster - greater tube-nosed bat
• Murina liboensis - Libo tube-nosed bat
• Murina lorelieae - Lorelie's tube-nosed bat
• Murina peninsularis - peninsular tube-nosed bat
• Murina pluvialis - rainforest tube-nosed bat
• Murina puta - Taiwan tube-nosed bat
• Murina recondita - hidden tube-nosed bat
• Murina rozendaali - gilded tube-nosed bat
• Murina ryukyuana - Ryukyu tube-nosed bat
• Murina shuipuensis - Shuipu tube-nosed bat
• Murina suilla - Brown tube-nosed bat
• Murina tenebrosa - gloomy tube-nosed bat
• Murina tubinaris - Scully's tube-nosed bat
• Murina ussuriensis - Ussuri tube-nosed bat
• Murina walstoni^[6] - Walston's tube-nosed bat

References

Notes

Sources

• Kuo, H.-C.; Fang, Y.-P.; Csorba G. & Lee, L.-L. 2009. Three New Species of Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Taiwan. Journal of Mammalogy 90 (4): 980–991.
• Furey, N.M.; Thong, V.D.; Bates, P.J.J.; Csorba, G. (2009). Description of a new species belonging to the Murina suilla-group' (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Murininae) from north Vietnam. Acta Chiropterologica 11 (2): 225–236.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ITIS - Report: Murina. 2022-02-21. www.itis.gov.
2. Soisook, P. . Karapan, S. . Satasook, C. . Bates, P.J.J. . 2013 . A New Species of Murina (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Peninsular Thailand . Zootaxa . 3746 . 4 . 567–579 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.4.4. 25113497. 22931843. free .
3. Kuo, H.-C., Fang, |Y.-P., Csorba, G., Lee, L.-L. (2009) 'Three New Species of Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Taiwan' Journal of Mammalogy 90, No. 4, pp=980-991
4. Kruskop, S.V., Eger, J.L. (2008) 'A new species of tube-nosed bat Murina (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) from Vietnam' Acta Chiropterologica, 10, Number 2, 213-220
5. Csorba, G., Bates, P.J.J. (2005) 'Description of a new species of Murina from Cambodia (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Murininae)' Acta Chiropterologica 7. No. 1, pp=1-7
6. Csorba, G.,Son, N.T., Saveng I.,Furey, N.M. (2011) 'Revealing cryptic bat diversity: three new Murina and redescription of M. tubinaris' from Southeast Asia Journal of Mammalogy 92.4,|pp=891-904