Murina florium

O. Thomas, 1908

Flores Tube-nosed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Murininae
Genus: Murina

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1908-10-01. New bats and rodents in the British Museum collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)2(10):370-375.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26494463

Original name as described

Murina florium

Other common names

Flute-nosed Bat · Tube-nosed Insectivorous Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1863.12.26.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f8697442-696f-47fb-90c4-5c4bb2dc9ea4

Type locality

"Flores, " Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Australia · Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005329

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Murina florium

O. Thomas, 1908

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

florium

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1863.12.26.14

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Flores

Type locality

Indonesia: Lesser Sunda Islands: Flores.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f8697442-696f-47fb-90c4-5c4bb2dc9ea4

Authority page

371

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26494463

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Koopman (1979:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33257)
Corbet & Hill (1980:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:182, 183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Koopman (1984:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62326846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1361)
Corbet & Hill (1991:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Jackson & Groves (2015:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Jackson & Groves (2015:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13939/22094567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Murina lanosa

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lanosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.3.4.24

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Ceram

Type locality

Indonesia: Moluccas: Seram.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2dbd4e17-5403-434f-8254-0d2f060b459c

Authority page

534

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094971

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1914:437, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16476)
Jackson & Groves (2015:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Murina toxopei

O. Thomas, 1923

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

toxopei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.2.27

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Buru. Type from En-Biloro.

Type locality

Indonesia: Moluccas: Buru.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e176b0ec-bbc7-4224-b7f1-f26f0e66207a

Authority page

254

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355500

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Shamel (1942:327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1493)
Jackson & Groves (2015:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Murina florium florium:

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

florium

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635614

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Jackson & Groves (2015:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Murina florium lanosa:

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lanosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635615

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Jackson & Groves (2015:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Murina florium toxopeusi:

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

toxopeusi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635615

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

Murina florium toxopei:

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

toxopei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Jackson & Groves (2015:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

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