Description of a New Species Belonging to the Murina ‘suilla-group’ (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Murininae) from North Vietnam

Neil M. Furey; Vu Dinh Thong; Paul J. J. Bates; Gabor Csorba

doi:10.3161/150811009X485477

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1 December 2009 Description of a New Species Belonging to the Murina ‘suilla-group’ (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Murininae) from North Vietnam

Neil M. Furey, Vu Dinh Thong, Paul J. J. Bates, Gabor Csorba

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Acta Chiropterologica, 11(2):225-236 (2009). https://doi.org/10.3161/150811009X485477

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Based on a series of 11 specimens collected in north Vietnam between 2006 and 2007, a new species of tube-nosed bat belonging to the genus Murina is described. Externally similar to Murina aurata Milne-Edwards, 1872, from which it differs primarily in dental characteristics, the new species is distinguished from all other existing species of Murina by a combination of its small size, pelage and craniodental features. It is currently known from three localities in north Vietnam, all of which include significant areas of forest over limestone karst.

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Neil M. Furey, Vu Dinh Thong, Paul J. J. Bates, and Gabor Csorba "Description of a New Species Belonging to the Murina ‘suilla-group’ (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Murininae) from North Vietnam," Acta Chiropterologica 11(2), 225-236, (1 December 2009). https://doi.org/10.3161/150811009X485477

Received: 1 December 2008; Accepted: 5 May 2009; Published: 1 December 2009

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