Gloomy tube-nosed bat explained

The gloomy tube-nosed bat (Murina tenebrosa) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is only known by the holotype, an old female, collected on Tsushima Island in 1962. It might be possibly extinct as Tsushima is badly deforested and surveys to rediscover this species failed. Due to its imperiled status, it is identified by the Alliance for Zero Extinction as a species in danger of imminent extinction.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Five-Year Plan for Global Bat Conservation . . October 2013 . batcon.org . Bat Conservation International . 1 May 2017 . 17 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180417043325/http://www.batcon.org/pdfs/BCI%20Strategic%20Plan%202013.pdf . dead .