The Murininae are a subfamily of
bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...
s in the family
Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ...
. They include the tube-nosed bats and hairy-winged bats in the genera ''
Murina
''Murina'' is a genus of vesper bats. They are found throughout temperate and tropical regions of Asia.
Taxonomy
Species list based on American Society of Mammalogists and ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an Am ...
'', ''
Harpiola'', and ''
Harpiocephalus''.
Subfamily Murininae
*Genus ''
Murina
''Murina'' is a genus of vesper bats. They are found throughout temperate and tropical regions of Asia.
Taxonomy
Species list based on American Society of Mammalogists and ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an Am ...
'' – tube-nosed insectivorous bats
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Bronze tube-nosed bat, ''M. aenea''
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Little tube-nosed bat, ''M. aurata''
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Beelzebub's tube-nosed bat, ''M. beelzebub''
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Bicolored tube-nosed bat, ''M. bicolor''
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Ashy-gray tube-nosed bat, ''M. cineracea''
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Round-eared tube-nosed bat, ''M. cyclotis''
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Elery's tube-nosed bat, ''M. eleryi''
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Flute-nosed bat
The flute-nosed bat (''Murina florium'') is a vespertilionid bat with an unusually shaped nose, the tubular nostrils facing outward from the end of the muzzle. They occur in the north of the Australian state of Queensland, in Indonesia, and on Pa ...
, ''M. florium''
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Dusky tube-nosed bat, ''M. fusca''
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Slender tube-nosed bat, ''M. gracilis''
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Da Lat tube-nosed-bat ''Murina harpioloides''
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Harrison's tube-nosed bat, ''M. harrisoni''
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Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat
Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat (''Murina hilgendorfi'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. In Japan they are called 'tengu komori', after the mythical creature called the Tengu. It was formerly thought to be a subspecies of '' ...
, ''M. hilgendorfi''
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Hkakabo Razi tube-nosed bat, ''M. hkakaboraziensis''
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Hutton's tube-nosed bat, ''M. huttoni''
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Greater tube-nosed bat
The greater tube-nosed bat (''Murina leucogaster'') is a species of bat. An adult greater tube-nosed bat has a body length of 4.2-5.7 cm, a tail length of 3.6-4.1 cm, and a wing length of 3.7-4.4 cm. The species is found in India ...
, ''M. leucogaster''
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Taiwan tube-nosed bat, ''M. puta''
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Murina recondita''
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Gilded tube-nosed bat, ''M. rozendaali''
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Ryukyu tube-nosed bat, ''M. ryukyuana''
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Brown tube-nosed bat, ''M. suilla''
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Gloomy tube-nosed bat, ''M. tenebrosa''
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Scully's tube-nosed bat, ''M. tubinaris''
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Ussuri tube-nosed bat, ''M. ussuriensis''
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Walston's tube-nosed bat, ''M. walstoni''
*Genus ''
Harpiola''
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Peters's tube-nosed bat, ''H.'' (''Murina'')'' grisea''
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Formosan golden tube-nosed bat ''Harpiola isodon''
*Genus ''
Harpiocephalus'' – hairy-winged bats
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Hairy-winged bat, ''H. harpia''
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Greater hairy-winged bat, ''H. mordax''
References
Mammal subfamilies
Taxa named by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr.
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