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Rainforest Tube-nosed Bat

Murina pluvialis

French: Murine des pluies / German: Regenwald-Rohrennase / Spanish: Ratonero narizudo lluvioso

Taxonomy. Murina pluvialis Ruedi, Biswas & Csorba, 2012,

“ India, Meghalaya, Khasi Hills, village of Laitkynxew, 780 m a.s.l.(metres above sea level); geographic coordinates: N 25°13’, E 91°40’.

Relationships unclear; see M. jaintiana. Specimens now attributed to this species were previously included in M. cyclotis . Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from Mawphlang and E Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, NE India.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 44 mm, tail 34 mm, ear 16 mm, hindfoot 6- 5 mm, forearm 36- 6 mm. Fur is long and silky; dorsally reddish brown (hairs with very dark brown basal third, yellowish-reddish middle band, and bright red tip, lacking shiny guard hairs); ventrally silvery gray (hairs dark gray on basal half, silvery gray to tip). Dorsal pelage extends sparsely onto wings, uropatagium, thumbs, and feet. Face is sparsely haired except long protuberant nostrils, which are naked. Ears are short, broad, and evenly rounded with smoothly convex anterior margins, lacking notch on posterior margin, with broadly rounded tip; tragusis long, narrow, and tapering toward pointed tip. Wing attaches to base of claw on first toe. Skull is medium-sized with domed braincase and non-inflated rostrum; sagittal crest is moderately developed, lambdoidal crests well developed; basal area of C' is equal to that of P*; P* is roughly two-thirds the height of P*; mesostyles of M' and M? are reduced but have distinct cusps; talonid of M, and M, is equal to their respective trigonid.

Habitat. Dense evergreen and semideciduous forests, at elevations of 780-1200 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Rainforest Tube-nosed Bat currently known only from a specimen collected in 2011, and 28 others collected more than 70 years ago from around Mawphlang.

Bibliography. Ruedi & Csorba (2017b), Ruedi, Biswas & Csorba (2012).