The Hkakabo Razi tube-nosed bat (Murina hkakaboraziensis), also known colloquially as the Lance Bass bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in Myanmar.[1] The bat earned its nickname due to its spiky blonde pelage, which reminded people of Lance Bass, a member of the boy band NSYNC.[2]
| Hkakabo Razi Tube-nosed Bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Murina |
| Species: | M. hkakaboraziensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Murina hkakaboraziensis Soisook, Thaw, Kyaw, Lin Oo, Pimsai, Suarez-Rubio & Renner, 2017
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References
edit- ^ Soisook, Pipat; Thaw, Win Naing; Kyaw, Myint; Oo, Sai Sein Lin; Pimsai, Awatsaya; Suarez-Rubio, Marcela; Renner, Swen C. (2017). "A new species of Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from sub-Himalayan forests of northern Myanmar". Zootaxa. 4320 (1): 159–172. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4320.1.9. hdl:20.500.12678/0000000742. S2CID 89740740.
- ^ Freund, Danielle; Poston, Lee (2018). "New Species Discoveries in 2017". World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
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