Authority citation: David, A. 1871. Rapport adressé à MM. les professeurs-administrateurs du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle (1)7(Bulletin):75-100.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13959897
Original name as described: Murina leucogaster
Nominal names: leucogaster A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871 | leucogastra O. Thomas, 1899 [unjustified emendation] | rubex O. Thomas, 1916
Other common names: Greater Tube-nosed Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Vespertilionidae -- Subfamily: Murininae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-584
Type locality: Moupin District, Szechwan, China.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): India (IND) | China (CHN) | Vietnam (VNM)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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