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Murina feae Thomas 1891

  • 1. Harrison Institute, St Botolphs Road, Sevenaoks, Kent TN 13 3 AQ, U. K. & Corresponding author: E-mail: nikkythomas @ hotmail. com
  • 2. 6 Stratton Road, Saltford, Bristol BS 31 3 BS, U. K.
  • 3. Faculty of Environmental Sciences, National University of Laos, Dong Dok Campus, Xaythany District, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR
  • 4. University of Greenwich School of Sciences, Room 215, Grenville Building, Medway Campus, U. K. Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME 4 4 TB, U. K.
  • 5. Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Description

Murina feae Thomas, 1891

Fea’s tube-nosed bat

Harpiocephalus feae Thomas, 1891: 884; Biapo, Karin Hills, Burma.

Distribution

Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Vietnam, Cambodia, China.

Distribution in Lao PDR (Fig. 78): Attapu Province: Upper Xe Kaman, Dong Ampham NBCA; Nam Kama (Xe Kaman) (ROM collection); Bolikhamxai Province: Tak Leuk (Tad Leuk), Phou Khaokhoay NBCA (EBD collection); Nam Pan (ROM collection); Ban Kengbit, Nam Kading NBCA (SMF collection); Houaphan Province: Ban Buaphath, Nam Et NBCA; Nam Chong (EBD collection); Ban Chak (EBD/ROM collection); Dam on Nam Et, Nam Et NBCA (CMF field record); Khammouan Province: Pha Deng (ROM collection); Louangnamtha Province: Ban Phoulan; Nam Tha Riverbank near Ban Si Udon (Ban Si-udon) (ROM collection); Louangphabang Province: Nam Khan (CMF field record); Phongsali Province: Long Nai Mai (Ban Pangkhai-Nua), Nam Lan Provincial Protected Area (MNHN collection); Naten (Ban Naten) (HNHM collection); Phong Saly (Phongsali) (FMNH collection) (specimen likely to be from Ban Makomen (Ban Khomen); see Bangs and Van Tyne, 1931); Vientiane Province: Ban Nampe; Ban Nathao (ROM collection).

Taxonomic note

Specimens previously reported as M. tubinaris from South-east Asia, including Lao PDR, were recently recognized as a distinct species, M. cineracea (in Csorba et al., 2011); however, based on the examination of the holotype of M. feae from Myanmar, Francis and Eger (2012) suggested that the latter is the appropriate name for this species. This is followed here.

Notes

Published as part of Thomas, Nikky M., Duckworth, J. W., Douangboubpha, Bounsavane, Williams, Meredith & Francis, Charles M., 2013, A checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Lao PDR, pp. 193-260 in Acta Chiropterologica 15 (1) on pages 232-233, DOI: 10.3161/150811013X667993, http://zenodo.org/record/3943341

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References

  • BANGS, O., and J. VAN TYNE. 1931. Birds of the Kelley- Roosevelts expedition to French Indochina. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology Series), 18: 33 - 119.
  • CSORBA, G., NGUYEN TROUNG SON, S. ITH, and N. M. FUREY. 2011. Revealing cryptic bat diversity: three new Murina and redescription of M. tubinaris from Southeast Asia. Journal of Mamalogy, 92: 891 - 904.
  • FRANCIS, C. M., and J. L. EGER. 2012. A review of tube-nosed bats (Murina) from Laos with a description of two new species. Acta Chiropterologica, 14: 15 - 38.