Murina tubinaris (Scully, 1881)

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Scully’s Tube-nosed Bat

Murina tubinaris

French: Murine de Scully / German: Scully-Rohrennase / Spanish: Ratonero narizudo de Scully

Taxonomy. Harpiocephalus tubinaris Scully, 1881 ,

“Gilgit,” Kashmir, Pakistan.

Murina tubinaris previously included populations that are now attributed to M. feae (including M. cineracea as a synonym) in Indochina, M. beelzebub in central Annamite Mountains, and M. jaintianainJaintia Hills of India and Chin Hills of Myanmar. Genetic and morphological data restricted M. tubinaris to north-western India and Pakistan. Specific status of specimens from West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Sikkim, and some areas of northern Myanmar that were previously included under M. tubinaris and distributional limits between cryptic speciessplit from M. tubinaris remain uncertain. Monotypic.

Distribution. N Pakistan and NW India (Jammu and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh).

Descriptive notes. Head-body 45.7 mm, tail 35- 6 mm, ear 14 mm, hindfoot 9- 4 mm (type specimen), forearm 31-35- 6 mm. Dorsal pelage is light grayish brown (hairs with medium brown bases and light gray band that progressesto light brown before darker brown tips); venter is whitish (hairs with medium brown bases and off-white to tips). Dorsal pelage extends sparsely onto wings, uropatagium, thumbs, and feet. Face is sparsely haired except for long protuberant naked nostrils. Ears are short, broad, and rounded, with smoothly convex anterior margins, small notch on posterior margins, and broadly rounded tips; tragusis long and narrow and tapers toward pointed tip. Wing attaches near base of first toe. Skull is small, with relatively flat braincase and non-inflated rostrum; sagittal crest is absent, and lambdoidal crests are relatively weak; I” is anterior to I’, and they are equal in height; basal area of C! is larger than that of P*, and it is also taller; basal area and height of P? are less than one-half those of P*; mesostyles of M' and M? are reduced; and talonids of M, and M,are equalin size to their respective trigonids.

Habitat. Montane forests at elevations of ¢. 3000 m in Himachal Pradesh, ¢. 2615 m in Pakistan, and ¢. 2154 m in Kashmir.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. Young Scully’s Tube-nosed Bats were caught in July in Kashmir.

Activity patterns. One Scully’s Tube-nosed Bat was found roosting in a tree c¢.1-: 2 m aboveground in Pakistan.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. Scully’s Tube-nosed Bat was recorded roosting alone once.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Distribution of Scully’s Tube-nosed Bat has decreased, and its conservation status needs reassessment.

Bibliography. Bates & Harrison (1997), Csorba, Bates, Molur & Srinivasulu (2008b), Csorba, Nguyen Truong Son et al. (2011), Kruskop & Eger (2008), Saikia et al. (2011), Soisook (2013).

Figures

348. Annam Tube-nosed Bat (Murina annamitica), 349. Walston’s Tube-nosed Bat (Murina walstoni), 350. Brown Tube-nosed Bat (Murina suilla), 351. Flores Tube-nosed Bat (Murina florium), 352. Bronze Tube-nosed Bat (Munrina aenea), 353. Scully’s Tube-nosed Bat (Murina tubinaris), 354. Fiona’s Tube-nosed Bat (Murina fionae), 355. Guillen’s Tube-nosed Bat (Murina guilleni), 356. Round-eared Tube-nosed Bat (Murina cyclotis), 357. Peninsular Tube-nosed Bat (Murina perunsulars), 358. Libo Tube-nosed Bat (Murina liboensis), 359. Kon Tum Tube-nosed Bat (Murina kontumensis), 360. Hkakabo Razi Tube-nosed Bat (Murina hkakaboraziensis), 361. Gilded Tube-nosed Bat (Murina rozendaali), 362. Elery’s Tube-nosed Bat (Murina eleryi), 363. Bala Tube-nosed Bat (Murina balaensis), 364. Hidden Tube-nosed Bat (Murina recondita), 365. Gracile Tube-nosed Bat (Murina gracilis)

Distribution. N Pakistan and NW India (Jammu and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh).