Slender tube-nosed bat

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Slender tube-nosed bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Murina
Species:
M. gracilis
Binomial name
Murina gracilis
Kuo et al. 2009

The slender tube-nosed bat (Murina gracilis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae found only in Taiwan. [2]

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References

  1. Lee, L.; Kuo, H. (2017). "Murina gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T84500832A84500835. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T84500832A84500835.en .
  2. Kuo, Hao-Chih; Fang, Yin-Ping; Csorba, Gábor; Lee, Ling-Ling (2009). "Three New Species of Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Taiwan" (PDF). Journal of Mammalogy. 90 (4): 980–991. doi: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-036.1 .