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2021-12-13T01:35:48Z
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A new species of Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from sub-Himalayan forests of northern Myanmar
Soisook, Pipat
Win Naing Thaw
Myint Kyaw
Sai Sein Lin Oo
Pimsai, Awatsaya
Suarez-Rubio, Marcela
Renner, Swen C.
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.
2017
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12678/0000000742
https://meral.edu.mm/records/742