Gloomy Tube-nosed Bat
Encyclopedia
The Gloomy Tube-Nosed Bat (Murina tenebrosa) is a species of vesper bat
in the Vespertilionidae family. It is only known by the holotype
, an old female, collected on Tsushima Island
in 1962. It might be possibly extinct as Tshushima is badly deforested and surveys to rediscover this species failed.
Vesper bat
Vesper bats , also known as Evening bats or Common bats, are the largest and best-known family of bats. They belong to the suborder Microchiroptera . There are over three hundred species distributed all over the world, on every continent except Antarctica...
in the Vespertilionidae family. It is only known by the holotype
Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example of an organism, known to have been used when the species was formally described. It is either the single such physical example or one of several such, but explicitly designated as the holotype...
, an old female, collected on Tsushima Island
Tsushima Island
Tsushima Island is an island of the Japanese Archipelago situated in the middle of the Tsushima Strait at 34°25'N and 129°20'E. The main island of Tsushima was once a single island, but the island was divided into two in 1671 by the Ōfunakosiseto canal and into three in 1900 by the Manzekiseto canal...
in 1962. It might be possibly extinct as Tshushima is badly deforested and surveys to rediscover this species failed.
Source
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 2000. Murina tenebrosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.