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Rongjiang Tube-nosed Bat

Murina rongjiangensis

French: Murine du Rongjiang / German: Rongjang-Réhrennase / Spanish: Ratonero narizudo de Rongjiang

Taxonomy. Murina rongjiangensis Chen Jian et al, 2017,

“Xinghua town, Rongjiang county in Guizhou Province, China, (370m, 25°54'34.47"N, 108° 10'23.17"E) in an abandoned mine.”

See M. leucogaster . Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Guizhou, S China.

Descriptive notes. Head—body 43-514 mm, tail 31-8-41- 6 mm, ear 10-7-14- 2 mm, hindfoot 6:6-9- 2 mm, forearm 30-5-34- 6 mm; weight 3-5- 5 g. Furis thick and fluffy; dorsally dirty brown (hairs with light gray base, dark gray to black middle, and dark brown tip); ventrally bright yellowish orange with white patch on abdomen, becoming browner near sides (hairs on chest and throat are very long, those on the white patch are much shorter). Dorsal fur extends onto base of wings, uropatagium, thumbs, and feet and there is well-developed fringe of hairs around margin of uropatagium. Dark face mask around eyes, muzzle, and lower forehead, and face is furred except long, protuberant nostrils, which are naked. Ears are short and broad with smoothly convex anterior margins, distinct notch on posterior margin, and broadly rounded tip; tragus is long, narrow, and tapering toward pointed tip, with slightly convex anterior margin, concave posterior margin, and basal notch, and it curves outwards slightly. Wing attaches one-third of the way up first toe. Skull is domed; rostrum is robust; sagittal and lambdoidal crests are weakly developed. Upper tooth row is shorter than lower; I” is bifid with second cusp aboutas tall as I; C, is nearly same size as P,.

Habitat. Found in mines surrounded by coniferous forests. The type specimen was collected at an elevation of 570 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. The holotype was captured roosting in an abandoned gold mine. All individuals found roosting were in cracks and crevices in rocks.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. All roosting bats known to date were solitary.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List due to its recent recognition as a species. Currently known only from a few specimens at a single locality.

Bibliography. Chen Jian et al. (2017), Zeng Xiang et al. (2018).