A new species of Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from sub-Himalayan forests of northern Myanmar

作者：Soisook Pipat^*; Thaw Win Naing; Kyaw Myint; Oo Sai Sein Lin; Pimsai Awatsaya; Suarez Rubio Marcela; Renner Swen C

来源：Zootaxa, 2017, 4320(1): 159-172.

DOI：10.11646/zootaxa.4320.1.9

• cryptic species
• Hkakabo Razi
• Myanmar
• new species
• Southeast Asia

A new species of Murina of the suilla-type is described from the Hkakabo Razi Landscape, Kachin, Upper Myanmar, an area that is currently being nominated as a World Heritage Site. The new species is a small vespertilionid, with a forearm length of 29.6 mm, and is very similar to M. kontumensis, which was recently described from Vietnam. However, it is distinguishable by a combination of external and craniodental morphology and genetics. The DNA Barcode reveals that the new species clusters sisterly to M. kontumensis but with a genetic distance of 11.5%. A single known specimen of the new species was collected from a lowland forest area in the plains of the Hkakabo Razi landscape, south-eastern Himalaya. Additional information on ecology, echolocation, and conservation are included. The high cryptic diversity of the genus Murina in Southeast Asia, as well as the Hkakabo Razi Landscape being a bat diversity hotspot, is highlighted.

• 出版日期2017-9-14