Elery's tube-nosed bat

The Mekong bat (Murina eleryi), also known as Elery's tube-nosed nat, is a species of common bats first discovered in a forest of northern Vietnam.[1]

Mekong Bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Murina
Species:
M. eleryi
Binomial name
Murina eleryi
Furey, Thong, Bates & Csorba, 2009

References

  1. "New Mekong Species Photos: Fangless Snake, Bald Bird". NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. Retrieved Sep 1, 2012.


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