Ussuri tube-nosed bat
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Murina |
Species: | M. ussuriensis
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Binomial name | |
Murina ussuriensis Ognev, 1913
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The Ussuri tube-nosed bat (Murina ussuriensis) is a species of
Taxonomy and etymology
It was described as a new species in 1913 by Russian zoologist Sergey Ognev. Its
Description
It is a moderately small member of its genus, with a forearm length of 27 mm (1.1 in). Its head and body length is 40 mm (1.6 in), while its tail is 25 mm (0.98 in). Its fur is soft and short. Fur on the back is tricolored, with reddish brown tips, pale middles, and dark roots. The belly fur is pale and grayish in comparison. The tops of its feet and legs are very hairy, as well as the back of its
Biology and ecology
Roosting behavior
In the spring and autumn, it primarily roosts in clumps of dead leaves, but it also utilizes tree cavities and peeling tree bark.[4]
Trees used for roosting include
Reproduction and life history
Females are strongly
Parasites and disease
The Ussuri tube-nosed bat is affected by
It was also one of the first bat species in Asia to test positive for Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome. One individual tested positive for the fungus during summer sampling of a cave in Northeast China.[10] The disease does not appear as lethal in China as it is to bats in the United States, though.[11]
Distribution
It can be found in
References
- ^ . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Ognev, S. (1913). "Замѣтки по Фаунѣ летучихъ мышей (Chiroptera) и насѣкомоядныхъ (Insectivora) Уссурійекаго края [Bemerkungen über die Chiroptera und Insectivora des Ussuri-Landes]". Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskogo Muzeia (in Russian). 18: 402–406.
- ^ Ellerson, J. E.; Morrison-Scott, T. C. S. (1951). Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Order of the Trustees of the British Museum. pp. 184–185.
- ^ PMID 30104736.
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- ^ Sawada, I. (1987). "Further studies on cestodes of Japanese bats, with descriptions of three new species of the genus Vampirolepis (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae)". Zoological Science. 4: 721–729.
- PMID 26673906.
- ^ Kobilinsky, D. (4 November 2015). "White-Nose Syndrome Discovered in China". The Wildlife Society. Retrieved 19 August 2018.