The Shuipu tube-nosed bat or Shuifu tube-nosed bat (Murina shuipuensis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is endemic to southern China, where it is known only from Guangxi province. It is named after the type locality, Shuipu Village.[1][2]
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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. shuipuensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Murina shuipuensis Eger & Lim, 2011
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It has golden-brown fur with a striking orange-yellow underside, along with a small skull with a deep, pronounced rostrum. It resembles the much larger greater tube-nosed bat (M. leucogaster).[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Yu, W. & Wu, Y. (2020). "Murina shuipuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T84501698A84501702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T84501698A84501702.en. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Murina shuipuensis Eger & B. K. Lim, 2011". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- ^ Eger, Judith L.; Lim, Burton K. (1 December 2011). "Three New Species of Murina from Southern China (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Acta Chiropterologica. 13 (2): 227–243. doi:10.3161/150811011X624730. ISSN 1508-1109.
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