Murina ryukyuana

K. Maeda & Matsumura, 1998

Ryukyu 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

Maeda, K. and Matsumura, S. 1998-04. Two new species of vespertilionid bats, Myotis and Murina (Vespertilionidae: Chiroptera) from Yanbaru, Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Zoological Science 15(2):301-307.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.15.301

Original name as described

Murina ryukyuana

Type material

NSMT-M 31305

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

upper stream of Funga River, Aha, Kunigami-mura, Okinawajima, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005350

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Murina ryukyuana

K. Maeda & Matsumura, 1998

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ryukyuana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NSMT-M 31305

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

303

Authority publication

Zoological Science

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29485/22066512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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