Murina aurata

A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871

Little Tube-nosed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Murininae
Genus : Murina

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

David, A. 1871. Rapport adressé à MM. les professeurs-administrateurs du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle (1)7(Bulletin):75-100.

Original name as described

Murina aurata

Other common names

Tibetan Tube-nosed Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-590

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Moupin, Szechwan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

India · Nepal · China · Bhutan?

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. feae

Taxonomy notes citation

Francis, C. M., & Eger, J. L. (2012). A review of tube-nosed bats (Murina) from Laos with a description of two new species. Acta Chiropterologica, 14(1), 15-38.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Country distribution map

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