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Hkakabo Razi tube-nosed bat

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Hkakabo Razi Tube-nosed Bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Murina
Species:
M. hkakaboraziensis
Binomial name
Murina hkakaboraziensis
Soisook, Thaw, Kyaw, Lin Oo, Pimsai, Suarez-Rubio & Renner, 2017

The Hkakabo Razi tube-nosed bat (Murina hkakaboraziensis), also known colloquially as the Lance Bass bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in Myanmar.[1] The bat earned its nickname due to its spiky blonde pelage, which reminded people of Lance Bass, a member of the boy band NSYNC.[2]

References

  1. ^ Soisook, Pipat; Thaw, Win Naing; Kyaw, Myint; Oo, Sai Sein Lin; Pimsai, Awatsaya; Suarez-Rubio, Marcela; Renner, Swen C. (2017). "A new species of Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from sub-Himalayan forests of northern Myanmar". Zootaxa. 4320 (1): 159–172. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4320.1.9. hdl:20.500.12678/0000000742. S2CID 89740740.
  2. ^ Freund, Danielle; Poston, Lee (2018). "New Species Discoveries in 2017". World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved December 3, 2020.