Murina baletei
Eger, Sedlock, B. K. Lim, & Heaney, 2025
Balete's Tube-nosed Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Yangochiroptera |
| Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
| Family | : Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily | : Murininae |
| Genus | : Murina |
Species status
Authority citation
Eger, J.L., Sedlock, J.L., Lim, B.K. and Heaney, L.R. 2025-09-08. Systematics and biogeography of tube-nosed bats, Murina (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from the Philippines with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 5691(1):1-44.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5691.1.1Original name as described
Murina baletei
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:205411 (=> NMPh 9673)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"1.3 km S, 0.8 km W Mount Irid peak, elevation 775 m, Rodriguez Municipality, Rizal Province, Luzon Island, Philippines (14.779 N, 121.318 E)."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Philippines
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Eger, J.L., Sedlock, J.L., Lim, B.K. and Heaney, L.R. 2025. Systematics and biogeography of tube-nosed bats, Murina (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from the Philippines with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 5691(1):1-44. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5691.1.1
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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