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Gloomy tube-nosed bat

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Gloomy tube-nosed bat
Status iucn3.1 CR.svg
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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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 genus Murina . It is only known by the holotype, an old female, collected in an abandoned mine on Tsushima Island in 1962. There is a shortage of intact forests, and limited caves and mines available for roosting. [1] Surveys to rediscover this species failed. Due to its imperiled status, it is identified by the Alliance for Zero Extinction as a species in danger of imminent extinction. [2]

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Taxonomy

The gloomy tube-nosed bat was described as a new species in 1970 by M. Yoshiyuki. The holotype, an old female, had been collected on Tsushima Island in 1962 [3] [1] in an abandoned mine by Yoshinori Imaizumi and I. Obara. [4] As of 2019, this is the only individual of this species that has ever been found. It is possible that it is a synonym of the Ussuri tube-nosed bat (M. ussuriensis). [1]

Description

The holotype had a forearm length of 33.8 mm (1.33 in). Its greatest length of skull was 16.81 mm (0.662 in). [5] The ear length is 16.0 mm (0.63 in) with a tragus length of 8.5 mm (0.33 in). The fur on its back is ochre in color, with its belly fur yellowish beige. [6]

Range and habitat

Based on the type locality, the gloomy tube-nosed bat may be reliant on subterranean habitat such as caves and mines for its roosts. [1]

Conservation

Despite cave surveys and other sampling attempts with mist nets in the early 2000s, this species has not been documented since 1962. It is possibly extinct. The area where the holotype was found has little remaining forest habitat and few known caves and mines. It is considered data deficient in the Japanese Red List and critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fukui, D.; Sano, A. (2019). "Murina tenebrosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T13948A22096705. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T13948A22096705.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "A Five-Year Plan for Global Bat Conservation" (PDF). batcon.org. Bat Conservation International. October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Murina tenebrosa". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Murina tenebrosa Yoshiyuki, 1970". National Museum of Nature and Science Type Specimen Database. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Kuo, Hao-Chih; Fang, Yin-Ping; Csorba, Gábor; Lee, Ling-Ling (2009). "Three New Species of Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Taiwan". Journal of Mammalogy. 90 (4): 980–991. doi:10.1644/08-MAMM-A-036.1.
  6. ↑ Maeda, Kishio; Matsumura, Sumiko (1998). "Two New Species of Vespertilionid Bats, Myotis and Murina (Vespertilionidae: Chiroptera) from Yanbaru, Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan". Zoological Science. 15 (2): 301–307. doi:10.2108/zsj.15.301.
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