Brown tube-nosed bat (Murina suilla) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae, placed in the genus Murina and subfamily Murininae. It was first described by Temminck in 1840 under the name Vespertilio suillus. Other common names recorded for it are Lesser Tube-nosed Bat. The Mammal Diversity Database gives its type locality as Tapos, Java, Indonesia, Java. It is recorded from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand in the Indomalaya realm. That database treats it as a living species and lists its conservation status as Least Concern. The sources read give little more on its diet, roosting habits or numbers, and none is claimed here.
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Brunei
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Indonesia
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Malaysia
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Philippines
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Thailand
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In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead, bat group
species of vesper bat
Child Taxon Of: Vespertilionidae, Lead, family
species of vesper bat
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