Murina philippinensis
Eger, Sedlock, B. K. Lim, & Heaney, 2025
Philippine 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 philippinensis
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:205834 (=> NMPh 9671)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Sitio Bulalacao, Brgy Nug-as, Alcoy Municipality, Cebu Province, Cebu Island, Philippines (9.7205 N 123.4594 E, elevation 763 m)"
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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