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Ussuri Tube-nosed Bat
Murina ussuriensis Ognev, 1913
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Murina ussuriensis
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Ussuri tube-nosed bat or Forest tube-nosed bat (Murina ussuriensis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It is the only species of bat that hibernates in snowbanks.
Wikipedia contributors, Ussuri tube-nosed bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:19:29.951856+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Murina ussuriensis Ognev, 1913
- Name authority
- Ognev, 1913
- Common name
- Ussuri Tube-nosed Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Murina
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821
- subfamilyMurininae Miller, 1907
- genusMurina Gray, 1842
- speciesMurina ussuriensis Ognev, 1913
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Murina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Beelzebub Tube-nosed BatMurina beelzebub Son, Furey & Csorba, 2011 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky Tube-nosed BatMurina fusca Sowerby, 1922 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guillén's Tube-nosed batMurina guilleni Soisook, Karapan, Satasook, Thong, Khan, Maryanto, Csorba, Furey, Aul & Bates, 2013 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hilgendorf's Tube-nosed BatMurina hilgendorfi (Peters, 1880) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hutton's Tube-nosed BatMurina huttonii (Peters, 1872) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Taiwan Tube-nosed BatMurina puta Kishida, 1924 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dun Tube-nosed BatMurina recondita Kuo, Fang, Csorba & Lee, 2009 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ryukyu Tube-nosed BatMurina ryukyuana Maeda & Matsumura, 1998 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shuipu Tube-nosed BatMurina shuipuensis Eger & Lim, 2011 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gloomy Tube-nosed BatMurina tenebrosa Yoshiyuki, 1970 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ashy Tube-nosed BatMurina feae (Thomas, 1891) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lorelia's Tube-nosed BatMurina lorelieae Eger & Lim, 2011 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Southern Asia
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=632176 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:44N3Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.