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Rainforest Tube-nosed Bat

Murina pluvialis

French: Murine des pluies / German: Regenwald-Rohrennase / Spanish: Ratonero narizudo lluvioso

Taxonomy. Murina pluvialis Ruedi, Biswas & Csorba, 2012 ,

“ India, Meghalaya, Khasi Hills, village of Laitkynxew, 780 m a.s.l.(metres above sea level); geographic coordinates: N 25°13’, E 91°40’.

Relationships unclear; see M. jaintiana. Specimens now attributed to this species were previously included in M. cyclotis . Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from Mawphlang and E Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, NE India.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 44 mm, tail 34 mm, ear 16 mm, hindfoot 6- 5 mm, forearm 36- 6 mm. Fur is long and silky; dorsally reddish brown (hairs with very dark brown basal third, yellowish-reddish middle band, and bright red tip, lacking shiny guard hairs); ventrally silvery gray (hairs dark gray on basal half, silvery gray to tip). Dorsal pelage extends sparsely onto wings, uropatagium, thumbs, and feet. Face is sparsely haired except long protuberant nostrils, which are naked. Ears are short, broad, and evenly rounded with smoothly convex anterior margins, lacking notch on posterior margin, with broadly rounded tip; tragusis long, narrow, and tapering toward pointed tip. Wing attaches to base of claw on first toe. Skull is medium-sized with domed braincase and non-inflated rostrum; sagittal crest is moderately developed, lambdoidal crests well developed; basal area of C' is equal to that of P*; P* is roughly two-thirds the height of P*; mesostyles of M' and M? are reduced but have distinct cusps; talonid of M, and M, is equal to their respective trigonid.

Habitat. Dense evergreen and semideciduous forests, at elevations of 780-1200 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Rainforest Tube-nosed Bat currently known only from a specimen collected in 2011, and 28 others collected more than 70 years ago from around Mawphlang.

Bibliography. Ruedi & Csorba (2017b), Ruedi, Biswas & Csorba (2012).

Figures

324. Hairy-winged Bat (Harpiocephalus harpia), 325. Gray Tube-nosed Bat (Harprola grisea), 326. Formosan Tube-nosed Bat (Harpiola isodon), 327. Rufous Tube-nosed Bat (Murina leucogaster), 328. Bicolored Tube-nosed Bat (Murina bicolor), 329. Rongjiang Tube-nosed Bat (Murina rongjiangensis), 330. Fang He Tube-nosed Bat (Murina fanjingshanensis), 331. Shuipu Tube-nosed Bat (Murina shuipuensis), 332. Dusky Tube-nosed Bat (Munrina fusca), 333. Hilgendorf’s Tube-nosed Bat (Murina hilgendorfi), 334. Litde Tube-nosed Bat (Murina aurata), 335. Jaintia Tube-nosed Bat (Murina jaintiana), 336. Rainforest Tube-nosed Bat (Murina pluvialis), 337. Fea’s Tube-nosed Bat (Murina feae), 338. Beelzebub Tube-nosed Bat (Murina beelzebud), 339. Lorelie’s Tube-nosed Bat (Murina lorelieae), 340. Vietnamese Tube-nosed Bat (Murina harpioloides), 341. Golden-haired Tube-nosed Bat (Murina chrysochaetes), 342. Harrison's Tube-nosed Bat (Murina harrisoni), 343. Ussuri Tube-nosed Bat (Murina ussuriensis), 344. Gloomy Tube-nosed Bat (Murina tenebrosa), 345. Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat (Murina ryukyuana), 346. Hutton’s Tube-nosed Bat (Murina huttonii), 347. Taiwan Tube-nosed Bat (Murina puta)

Distribution. Known only from Mawphlang and E Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, NE India .