Elery's tube-nosed bat

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Mekong Bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Murina
Species:
M. eleryi
Binomial name
Murina eleryi
Furey, Thong, Bates & Csorba, 2009
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Elery's tube-nosed bat (Murina eleryi), also known as the Mekong bat, is a species of common bats first discovered in a forest of northern Vietnam. [2]

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References

  1. Furey, N.; Csorba, G. (2021). "Murina eleryi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T84557696A84557699. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T84557696A84557699.en . Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. "New Mekong Species Photos: Fangless Snake, Bald Bird". NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. Retrieved Sep 1, 2012.