Murina hilonghilong

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Murininae
Genus: Murina
Species: Murina hilonghilong

Name

Murina hilonghilong Eger, Sedlock, Lim & Heaney, 2025: 14

• Holotype: FMNH 190118 (field number RKSG 82, PNM 9674), adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by R.K.S. Gomez on 30 July 2006.
• Type locality: “Barangay (Brgy.) Adlay, Carrascal Municipality, Surigao del Sur Province, Hilong-hilong Range, Mindanao Is., Philippines (coordinates not recorded in the field, subsequently estimated from topographic maps as 9.088 N, 125.73 E); elevation 85 m”.

References

Primary references

• Eger, J.L., Sedlock, J.L., Lim, B.K. & Heaney, L.R. 2025. Systematics and biogeography of tube-nosed bats, Murina (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from the Philippines with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 5691(1): 1–44. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5691.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Hilong-hilong Tube-nosed Bat