Murina rubella

O. Thomas, 1914

Fujian 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

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1914-04-01. New Asiatic and Australasian bats and a new bandicoot. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)13(76):439-444.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641199

Original name as described

Murina huttoni rubella

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.11.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/086f5200-d5df-4a1b-862d-ef1feda40d73

Type locality

Kuatun, Fokien, China (= Kuatun, Wuyishan City, Fujian Province, China).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Laos · Vietnam · Thailand? · Myanmar? · Malaysia?

Taxonomy notes

split from M. huttoni

Taxonomy notes citation

Luo, T., Mao, M.-L., Lan, C.-T., Zhao, Z.-F., Wang, Z.-L., Yu, J., Wang, J.-J., Yan, C.-R., Xiao, N., & Zhou, J. (2025). Four new tube-nosed bat species of the genus Murina (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Xizang Autonomous Region, China, based on morphological and molecular data. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3), 1023-1055.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006946

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Murina huttoni rubella

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rubella

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.11.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/086f5200-d5df-4a1b-862d-ef1feda40d73

Authority page

440

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641199

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1914:440, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16326)
  2. Koopman (1994:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Murina huttonii rubella

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rubella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

913

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Murina rubella

Luo Tao, Mao Mingle, Lan Changting, Zhao Zifa, Wang Zhonglian, Yu Jing, Wang Jiajia, Yan Chenrui, Xiao Ning, & Zhou Jiang, 2025

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rubella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1046

Authority publication

Zoosystematics and Evolution

Name usages

Luo, Mao, Lan, Zhao, Wang, Yu, Wang, Yan, Xiao & Zhou (2025:1046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69674)

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