Round-eared tube-nosed bat

Round-eared tube-nosed bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Murina
Species: M. cyclotis
Binomial name
Murina cyclotis
Dobson, 1872

The round-eared tube-nosed bat (Murina cyclotis), is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae from Central and Southeast Asia.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Description

Head and body length is 8 cm. Forearm is 3 cm. Wingspan is 26 cm. Weight 5-6g.

Ears are round in shape, directed forward, and have a prominent tragus. The prominent nose consists of two short tubes that are broad Y-pattern and project beyond the muzzle. Muzzle hairy and blunt in shape. Dark brown above, lighter below. Wing memnbrane semi-transparent blackish brown inter-femoral membrane darker with a reddish soft hair. Tail enclosed by skin. Feet and hind limbs are very hairy.

Subspecies

  • Murina cyclotis cyclotis
  • Murina cyclotis eileenae
  • Murina cyclotis peninsularis

Culture

It is known as නළ-නැහැ වවුලා (nala-naehe wawulaa) in Sinhala.

References

  1. ↑ Bates, P.; Francis, C.; Rosell-Ambal, G.; Tabaranza, B.; Heaney, L.; Molur, S.; Srinivasulu, C. (2008). "Murina cyclotis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T13938A4367447.
  2. ↑ Bates, P., D. Harrison. 1997. Bats of the Indian Subcontinent. England: Harrison Zoological Museum.
  3. ↑ Heaney, L. 2005. "Murina Cyclotis of Philippine Mammalian Fauna" (On-line). Mammalian Fauna of the Philippine Islands. Accessed March 11, 2006 at http://www.fieldmuseum.org/philippine_mammals/Murina_cyclotis.htm.
  4. ↑ Lekagul, B., J. McNeely. 1988. Mammals of Thailand. Bangkok: Darnsutha Press.
  5. ↑ Medway, L. 1983. The Wild Mammals of Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia) And Singapore. New York: Oxford University Press.
  6. ↑ Myers, P., J. Smith, H. Lama. 2000. A recent collection of bats from Nepal, with notes on Eptesicus Dimissus. Zeitschrift für Saeugetierkunde, 65: 155.
  7. ↑ Wilson, D., D. Reeder. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Washington, DC, USA: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  8. ↑ Phillips, W. 1980. Manual of the mammals of Sri Lanka. Colombo: Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka.
  9. ↑ Corbet, G., J. Hill. 1992. The Mammals of the Indomalayan Region: A Systematic Review. New York: Oxford University Press.
  10. ↑ Kingston, T., G. Jones, Z. Akbar, T. Kunz. 1999. Echolocation signal design in Kerivoulinae and Murininae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Malaysia. Journal of Zoology, 249 (3): 359-374.
  11. ↑ Schulz, M. 1998. Bats in bird nests in Australia: a review. Mammal Review, 28 (2): 69-76.
  12. ↑ Bonaccorso, F. 1998. Bats of Papua New Guinea. Washington, D.C.: Conservation International.

Alviola, P. 1999. "The Distribution and Ecology of Bats in the Polillo Islands, Philippines" (On-line). Wildlife of Polillo Island, Philippines. Accessed March 11, 2006 at http://polillo.www6.50megs.com/bats.html.

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