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Shuipu tube-nosed bat

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Shuipu tube-nosed bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Murina
Species:
M. shuipuensis
Binomial name
Murina shuipuensis
Eger & Lim, 2011

The Shuipu tube-nosed bat or Shuifu tube-nosed bat (Murina shuipuensis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is endemic to southern China, where it is known only from Guangxi province. It is named after the type locality, Shuipu Village.[1][2]

It has golden-brown fur with a striking orange-yellow underside, along with a small skull with a deep, pronounced rostrum. It resembles the much larger greater tube-nosed bat (M. leucogaster).[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Yu, W. & Wu, Y. (2020). "Murina shuipuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T84501698A84501702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T84501698A84501702.en. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Murina shuipuensis Eger & B. K. Lim, 2011". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. ^ Eger, Judith L.; Lim, Burton K. (1 December 2011). "Three New Species of Murina from Southern China (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Acta Chiropterologica. 13 (2): 227–243. doi:10.3161/150811011X624730. ISSN 1508-1109.