Gloomy tube-nosed bat
| Gloomy tube-nosed bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Murina |
| Species: | M. tenebrosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Murina tenebrosa Yoshiyuki, 1970 | |
The gloomy tube-nosed bat (Murina tenebrosa) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is only known by the holotype, an old female, collected on Tsushima Island in 1962. It might be possibly extinct as Tsushima is badly deforested and surveys to rediscover this species failed.
Sources
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 2000. Murina tenebrosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
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