Harrison's tube-nosed bat

Harrison's tube-nosed bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Murina
Species: M. harrisoni
Binomial name
Murina harrisoni
Csorba & Bates 2005[2]

Harrison's tube-nosed bat (Murina harrisoni) is a species of vesper bats (Vespertilionidae). Within the genus Murina, it belongs to the so-called 'cyclotis-group'.[2]

This species was only recently discovered and described. It is characterised by the attachment point of the plagiopatagium, its large skull size, the distinctive shape of the rostrum, and the relative sizes of the upper incisors.[2] It is known from Kirirom National Park, Cambodia where it was collected in disturbed semi-evergreen gallery forests.[1] It is also recorded from Thailand.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bates, P. & Francis, C. (2008). "Murina harrisoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Csorba, G; Bates, PJJ (2005). "Description of a new species of Murina from Cambodia (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Murininae)" (PDF). Acta Chiropterologica 7: 1–7. doi:10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[1:DOANSO]2.0.CO;2.
  3. Csorba, G.; Vu, D.T.; Bates, P.J.J.; Furey, N.M. (2007). "Description of a new species of Murina from Vietnam (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Murininae)" (PDF). Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 268: 1–10.
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