A New Species of Tube-nosed Bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Murina) from Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China

Xiaoyun Wang; Xuesong Han; Gábor Csorba; Yi Wu; Huaiqing Chen; Xiang Zhao; Zhengyi Dong; Wenhua Yu; Zhi Lu

doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyae104

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Xiaoyun Wang,^1,* Xuesong Han,^2,3,* Gábor Csorba,^4,* Yi Wu,¹ Huaiqing Chen,³ Xiang Zhao,² Zhengyi Dong,² Wenhua Yu,^1,** Zhi Lu^3,**

¹Key Laboratory of Conservation and Application in Biodiversity of South China, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
²Shan Shui Conservation Center, Beijing 100871, China
³Center for Nature and Society, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
⁴Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest H-1088, Hungary

^*These authors contributed equally to this work.
^**Corresponding authors: Center for Nature and Society, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. Email: luzhi@pku.edu.cn; Key Laboratory of

In 2018, an adult male of a small-sized Tube-nosed Bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Murina) was captured at an arid cave located on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau in Yushu City, Qinghai Province, China. Despite external morphological similarities with those of M. harpioloides and M. chrysochaetes, the individual in question displays explicit craniodental differences that distinguish it from either species. Morphological and morphometric evidence, coupled with phylogenetic analyses utilizing the mitochondrial COI gene, confirmed that it represents a distinct and still unknown species of Murina, described herewith as M. yushuensis sp. nov. Our research highlights the importance of future surveys aimed at exploring cryptic species diversity in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and adjacent under-surveyed regions.

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Xiaoyun Wang, Xuesong Han, Gábor Csorba, Yi Wu, Huaiqing Chen, Xiang Zhao, Zhengyi Dong, Wenhua Yu, and Zhi Lu "A New Species of Tube-nosed Bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Murina) from Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China," Journal of Mammalogy 106(1), 178-186, (23 October 2024). https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyae104

Received: 12 October 2023; Accepted: 15 August 2024; Published: 23 October 2024

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