Murina jaintiana

Ruedi, J. Biswas, & Csorba, 2012

Jaintia 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

Ruedi, M., Biswas, J. and Csorba, G. 2012. Bats from the wet: two new species of tube-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Meghalaya, India. Revue suisse de Zoologie 119(1):111-135.

Original name as described

Murina jaintiana

Type material

MHNG 1976.072

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"India, Meghalaya, Jaintia Hills, 2.3 km east of the village of Kseh, 720 m a.s.l; geographic coordinates: N 25°26', E 92°36'."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Myanmar

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Ruedi, M., Biswas, J., & Csorba, G. (2012). Bats from the wet: two new species of Tube-nosed bats(Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Meghalaya, India. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 119(1), 111-135.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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