Murina tenebrosa Yoshiyuki, 1970:195
Gloomy tube-nosed bat, Tsushima tube-nosed bat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1962 (Fisher & Blomberg, 2012; Lee et al., 2017)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Tsushima Island (& Yaku Island?), Japan
Only known from the holotype collected on Tsushima Island. However, a second specimen may have been collected on Yaku[shima] island (Abe et. al. 2005).
Biology
Hypodigm
Holotype: National Science Museum, Tokyo M8812 (female)
Notes
Only known from the holotype collected on Tsushima Island. However, a second specimen may have been collected on Yaku[shima] island (Abe et. al. 2005).
Media
References
Abe, H., Ishii, N., Ito, T., Kaneko, Y., Maeda, K., Miura, S. and Yoneda, M. (2005). A Guide to the Mammals of Japan. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, Japan.
Fisher, Diana O. and Blomberg, Simon P. (2012). Inferring Extinction of Mammals from Sighting Records, Threats, and Biological Traits. Conservation Biology 26(1): 57-67. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01797.x
Fisher, Diana O. and Humphreys, Aelys M. (2024). Evidence for modern extinction in plants and animals. Biological Conservation 298: 110772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110772
Fukui, D. & Sano, A. 2019. Murina tenebrosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T13948A22096705. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T13948A22096705.en. Accessed on 09 July 2022.
Lee, T. E., Fisher, D. O., Blomberg, S. P. and Wintle, B. A. (2017). Extinct or still out there? Disentangling influences on extinction and rediscovery helps to clarify the fate of species on the edge. Global Change Biology 23(2): 621-634. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13421
Maeda, K. (2008). Murina tenebrosa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 17 October 2011.
Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2023. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Version 1.3. Accessed on 06/18/2023.
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