Murina (Murina) hilgendorfi Peters 1880

Murina (Murina) hilgendorfi Peters 1880, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1880: 24.

Type Locality: Japan, near Tokyo, Yedo.

Vernacular Names: Hilgendorf's Tube-nosed Bat.

Synonyms: Murina (Murina) intermedia Mori 1933; Murina (Murina) ognevi Bianchi 1916; Murina (Murina) sibirica Kastschenko 1905 .

Distribution: N China; Upper Yenisei River (Russia); Altai Mtns (Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia); Korea; Ussur region (Russia); Sakhalin Isl (Russia); Honshu, Kyushu and Shikiku (Japan).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001).

Discussion: Subgenus Murina . Formerly included in leucogaster, but apparently distinct. May include more than one species; see Yoshiyuki (1989). Also see Wang (1959).