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Description of a new species belonging to the Murina ‘suilla-group’ (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Murininae) from north Vietnam
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| Author | Furey, Neil M. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Occurring from India eastwards through to Japan, northwards to the former USSR and southwards through peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia to northern Australia, the subfamily Murininae Miller, 1907 is historically poorly represented in collections and was, until recently, regarded as including nineteen species (Simmons, 2005). Recent studies have added substantially to existing knowledge with seven taxa new to science described from East Asia since the latter publication (Csorba and Bates, 2005; Kuo et al., 2006, 2009; Csorba et al., 2007; Kruskop and Eger, 2008). Until now however, the relative lack of material has constrained efforts to resolve disagreements concerning the taxonomic status of certain older forms (summarised in Csorba and Bates, 2005). Correspondingly little is known regarding the natural history and ecology of Southeast Asian members of the Murininae, although the group is generally regarded as being forest dwelling (Nowak et al., 1994). At least eight species belonging to the Murininae are currently known from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Hend richsen et al., 2001; Kruskop et al., 2006; Csor ba et al., 2007; Kruskop and Eger, 2008), a number which includes six species of Murina Gray, 1842, one species of Harpiocephalus Gray, 1842 and one species of Har piola Thomas, 1915. In May 2006, a single specimen of a small tubenosed bat was collected during a field survey at Khau Ca in the northern Vietnamese province of Ha Giang, which lies on the Vietnam-China border. Subsequently, nine additional specimens were collected at Kim Hy Nature Reserve in Bac Kan prov ince over the course of 2006–2007. All were initially identified in the field as Murina aurata MilneEdwards, 1872, on the basis of external similarities in size and pelage. Later examinations, however, revealed craniodental differences with M. aurata and other features which distinguish them from all other known Murina. Together with a specimen subsequently collected in the north-western province of Son La, we therefore provide here a description of these specimens as a new species of Murina. |
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