Animalz

Murina

  • Beelzebub Tube-nosed Bat Murina beelzebub
    Beelzebub Tube-nosed Bat
    Photo: Gabor Csorba · CC BY-SA 3.0

    This tube-nosed bat is recorded in Vietnam. Silver guard hairs run through its dark coat, and its belly hairs have white tips.

  • Round-eared Tube-nosed Bat Murina cyclotis
    Round-eared Tube-nosed Bat
    Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

    A 2025 paper reported the first Bangladesh record of Murina cyclotis from Rema-Kalenga Forest Reserve. It was one male captured on a forest trail.

  • Ashy Tube-nosed Bat Murina feae
    Ashy Tube-nosed Bat
    Photo: Gabor Csorba · CC BY-SA 3.0

    This small bat is distributed in Cambodia, southern China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its soft gray coat is a useful field mark.

  • Hilgendorf's Tube-nosed Bat Murina hilgendorfi
    Hilgendorf's Tube-nosed Bat
    Photo: Hi-tanio · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Hilgendorf's Tube-nosed Bat has a slightly projecting snout. A Kyoto Prefecture account says it usually hides in tree cavities by day, feeds on insects in the evening, and hibernates in winter.

  • Dun Tube-nosed Bat Murina recondita
    Dun Tube-nosed Bat
    Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin · CC BY 4.0

    A small tube-nosed bat collected in Taiwan. Its original description reports forest-associated records, mostly below 1,400 m elevation.

  • Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat Murina ryukyuana
    Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat
    Photo: りなべる · CC BY 4.0

    The Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat lives on Japan's southwestern islands. It has a tubular nose and dark fur, and uses tree cavities or dry leaves as daytime roosts.

  • Ussuri Tube-nosed Bat Murina ussuriensis

    The Ussuri tube-nosed bat is recorded from Hokkaido to Kyushu in Japan. It leaves its roost at dusk to catch flying insects and hibernates in winter.

  • Walston's Tube-nosed Bat Murina walstoni

    This bat has its type locality in northeastern Cambodia, with additional specimen records from Vietnam. Its back is warm brown and its underside is white; the holotype was trapped on a dry streambed in semievergreen forest.

  • Bronze Tube-nosed Bat Murina aenea

    The bronze tube-nosed bat is a small species recorded from the Malay Peninsula and northern Borneo, with records also reported in Thailand. Thai specimens had golden tips on their back fur.

  • Alvarez's Tube-nosed Bat Murina alvarezi

    This tube-nosed bat was described in 2025. The study reports records from five Philippine islands, from Mindanao into the central islands.

  • Annam Tube-nosed Bat Murina annamitica

    This small tube-nosed bat is recorded in several Indochinese countries. A 2026 paper reported one female from Yunnan as the first record of the species in China.

  • Little Tube-nosed Bat Murina aurata

    Its thick, silky fur is golden brown above with gray-black roots and golden tips, and paler below with dark roots and off-white tips. It is recorded around farms and small villages near forested mountain slopes in China, India, and Nepal.

  • Ussuri Tube-nosed Bat Murina ussuriensis

    The Ussuri tube-nosed bat is recorded from Hokkaido to Kyushu in Japan. It leaves its roost at dusk to catch flying insects and hibernates in winter.

  • Hilgendorf's Tube-nosed Bat Murina hilgendorfi

    Hilgendorf's Tube-nosed Bat has a slightly projecting snout. A Kyoto Prefecture account says it usually hides in tree cavities by day, feeds on insects in the evening, and hibernates in winter.

  • Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat Murina ryukyuana

    The Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat lives on Japan's southwestern islands. It has a tubular nose and dark fur, and uses tree cavities or dry leaves as daytime roosts.

  • Beelzebub Tube-nosed Bat Murina beelzebub

    This tube-nosed bat is recorded in Vietnam. Silver guard hairs run through its dark coat, and its belly hairs have white tips.

  • Ashy Tube-nosed Bat Murina feae

    This small bat is distributed in Cambodia, southern China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its soft gray coat is a useful field mark.

  • Walston's Tube-nosed Bat Murina walstoni

    This bat has its type locality in northeastern Cambodia, with additional specimen records from Vietnam. Its back is warm brown and its underside is white; the holotype was trapped on a dry streambed in semievergreen forest.

  • Dun Tube-nosed Bat Murina recondita

    A small tube-nosed bat collected in Taiwan. Its original description reports forest-associated records, mostly below 1,400 m elevation.

  • Round-eared Tube-nosed Bat Murina cyclotis

    A 2025 paper reported the first Bangladesh record of Murina cyclotis from Rema-Kalenga Forest Reserve. It was one male captured on a forest trail.