Murina balaensis

Soisook, Karapan, Satasook, & P. J. J. Bates, 2013

Bala 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

Authority citation

Soisook, P., Karapan, S., Satasook, C. and Bates, P.J.J. 2013-12-13. A new species of Murina (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from peninsular Thailand. Zootaxa 3746(4):567-579.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3746.4.4

Original name as described

Murina balaensis

Type material

PSUZC-MM2012.214

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Thailand, Narathiwat Province, Wang, Halabala WS, Bala Forest, Second bridge trail, 5°48.9'N, 101°48.1'E, 370 m a.s.l."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Malaysia?

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Soisook, P., Karapan, S., Satasook, C., & Bates, P. J. (2013). A new species of Murina (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from peninsular Thailand. Zootaxa, 3746(4), 567-579.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

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