Description of a new species of Murina from Vietnam (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Murininae)

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Series: Occasional papers / Museum of Texas Tech University, no. 268

By

Csorba, Gábor

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Lubbock, TX, Museum of Texas Tech University, [2007]

Notes

Caption title.

"3 July 2007."

During an intensive field survey in 2006 and 2007 a series of three specimens of a whitebellied and relatively large Murina species was collected in primary forest on limestone karst in Kim Hy Nature Reserve, Bac Kan Province, Vietnam. A further specimen of the same species was caught in 1998 in semi-degraded evergreen forest in Pu Mat National Park, Nghe An Province, Vietnam. The specimens, initially considered to be close to Murina leucogaster or a 'larger form' of Murina huttoni (respectively), were subsequently re-examined and are here described as a new species belonging to the "cyclotis-group". The species is characterized by its large size, insertion point of plagiopatagium, and dental features. Currently, it is known from northern and central Vietnam.

Subjects

Bats , Classification , Vespertilionidae , Vietnam

Call Number

QL1 .O213 no.268

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.156958
OCLC: 164115609
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q109807338