A new species of the genus Murina (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from the Southeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China Author Luo, Pengfei 0000-0002-6934-8086 School of Karst Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China & School of Ecology and Nature Conversation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100091, China Author Mao, Mingle 0000-0001-9764-4731 School of Karst Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China Author Yan, Chengrui School of Karst Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China Author He, Qingqing School of Karst Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China & School of Ecology and Nature Conversation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100091, China Author Yang, Qin School of Karst Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China Author Deng, Huaiqing 0000-0002-6645-2291 School of Karst Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China Author Xiao, Ning School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China Author Zhou, Jiang 0000-0003-1560-8759 School of Karst Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2025 2025-05-28 101 3 983 997 journal article 310057 10.3897/zse.101.147349 e591a621-88eb-4dd0-8251-bb55a2800346 9118927A-11E3-4556-B671-7F43D01D5111

Table 2. External and cranial measurements (in mm) of Murina species.

Species	Sex	FA	E	GTL	CBL	CCL	ZYW	IOW	BCW
M. aenea	♂♂ (n = 3)	35.00, 35.60 [2]	14.50, 15.00 [2]	16.95–17.73	15.73–16.19	14.97–15.55	10.29–10.76	4.71–4.87 [2]	8.15–8.38
	♀♀ (n = 4)	34.70–37.40	12.70–14.90	17.20–17.80 [3]	15.80–16.39 [3]	15.00–15.69 [3]	10.65 [1]	4.83 [1]	8.11
M. annamitica	♂♂ (n = 5)	30.00–30.90	13.10–14.00 [4]	16.00–16.20	14.30–14.80	\	8.70 – 9.00	\	\
	♀	32.2	14.5	16.4	15.1	\	9.4	\	\
M. cyclotis	♂♂ (n = 36)	29.40–33.00 [35]	12.00–17.60 [17]	15.86–17.08 [27]	14.00–15. 67 [27]	13.60–15.12	8.78–10.05 [35]	3.92–4.48	7.16–8.10
	♀♀ (n = 40)	31.60–36.80	12.70–16.00 [17]	16.60–18.18 [25]	14.95–16.86 [24]	14.34–16.17 [38]	9.33–10.43 [37]	3.99–4.52 [38]	7.40–8.17 [38]
M. fionae	♂♂ (n = 7)	34.50–36.30	12.10–15.60 [6]	17.53–19.26	15.99–17.49	15.32–16.87	9.78–10.89	4.26–4.85	7.75–8.39
	♀♀ (n = 6)	35.50–40.10	14.90–15.50 [3]	18.12–19.19	16.48–17.45	15.82–16.73	10.19–10.85	4.23–4.75	7.84–8.49
M. guilleni	♂♂ (n = 6)	31.90–34.00	11.40–15.20	16.40–17.54	14.93–15.83	14.47–15.19	9.29–9.93	4.24–4.44	7.65–7.82
	♀♀ (n = 3)	35.00–35.90	13.50–15.10	17.12–18.10	15.79–16.43	15.09–15.76	9.75–10.02	4.20–4.44	7.53–7.74
M. harrisoni	♂♂ (n = 5)	33.40–35.30	\	17.30 – 17.90	15.16–15.80	\	9.74 – 10.23	4.21–4.37	\
	♀♀ (n = 5)	36.80–39.50	\	18.51 – 18.91	16.20–16.65	\	10.68 – 10.91	4.23–4.58	\
M. huttonii	♂	35.10	16.70	17.90	16.50	\	9.20	\	\
	♀♀ (n = 2)	35.80, 36.40	16.20, 17.40	18.10, 18.40	16.5, 16.8	\	9.9, 10.02	\	\
M. lorelieae	♂♂ (n = 5)	29.77–31.35	13.74–14.91	14.82–15.43	14.24–14.28	\	7.86 – 8.46	\	6.87 – 7.48
	♀♀ (n = 8)	32.41–34.44	14.31–15.94	15.07–15.94	14.28–14.26	\	8.46 – 9.05	\	7.13 – 7.69
M. liboensis	♂♂ (n = 3)	28.16–30.98	11.52–12.92	15.54–16.52	10.16–11.54	\	7.75 – 9.32	\	6.32 – 7.45
	♀♀ (n = 2)	32.28, 32.64	13.84, 14.37	16.30, 16.97	13.35, 13.85	\	8.53, 9.32	\	7.67, 7.78
M. peninsularis	♂♂ (n = 22)	33.80–38.10 [22]	11.90–18.80 [13]	17.39–18.52	15.68–16.91	14.90–16.41	9.76–11.31	4.31–4.97 [22]	7.72–8.48
	♀♀ (n = 17)	34.50–39.40	13.00–17.00 [12]	17.59–19.33	16.11–17.69	15.53–16.89	10.12–11.22	4.46–4.88 [16]	7.70–8.58
M. pluvialis	♂	36.60	\	16.40	\	14.50	9.26	4.32	\
M. rozendaali	♂♂ (n = 13)	29.00–31.20 [9]	12.30–14.10 [7]	15.47–16.42 [7]	13.96–14.75 [7]	13.48–14.10 [7]	8.73–9.46 [7]	3.98–4.32 [6]	7.27–7.50 [7]
M. tiensa	Unknown (n = 4)	35.20–40.10	\	17.39 – 19.43	\	\	\	\	\
M. chayuensis sp. nov	♂♂ (n = 4)	33.49–35.12	13.72–14.47	15.75–16.35	12.91–15.07	12.58–14.74	8.57–8.94	4.45–5.16	7.25–7.46
	♀	36.51	14.82	16.83	14.25	13.09	9.45	5.18	7.42
Species	Sex	MAW	BCH	CM 3 L	C 1 C 1 W	M 3 M 3 W	CM 3 L	ML
M. aenea	♂♂ (n = 3)	8.61–8.85	6.92–7.48	8.15–8.38	8.15–8.38	6.51–6.62	6.51–6.62	11.99–12.71
	♀♀ (n = 4)	8.90	7.67	6.06	4.88	6.09	6.64	12.81
M. annamitica	♂♂ (n = 5)	7.50–8.00	\	5.00 – 5.20	3.80–4.10	\	5.00 – 5.70	\
	♀	8.1	\	5.3	4.5	\	5.9	\
M. cyclotis	♂♂ (n = 36)	7. 11–8. 48	6.08–7.22 [34]	5.12–5.68	3.73–4.27	5.07–5.79 [35]	5.57–6.18	10.52–11.68 [35]
	♀♀ (n = 40)	7. 64–8. 58 [38]	6.10–7.21 [37]	5.06–6.00 [38]	4.00–4.68 [37]	5.18–6.05 [38]	5.75–6.49 [37]	11.32–12.78 [37]
M. fionae	♂♂ (n = 7)	8.10–8.91	6.53–7.50	5.72–6.40	4.18–4.88	5.74–6.25	6.30–6.95	11.99–13.19
	♀♀ (n = 6)	8.22–8.92	6.98–7.48	5.78–6.32	4.32–4.72	5.71–6.24	6.33–6.89	12.56–13.01
M. guilleni	♂♂ (n = 6)	8.00–8.28	6.57–6.91	5.44–5.72	4.12–4.31 [5]	5.36–5.80	5.83–6.12	11.13–11.74
	♀♀ (n = 3)	8.18–8.43	6.78–7.10	5.50–5.91	4.28–4.44	5.68–5.87	6.01–6.43	11.95–12.34
M. harrisoni	♂♂ (n = 5)	8.54–8.93	\	5.63 – 6.00	\	\	6.32–6.83	\
	♀♀ (n = 5)	9.04–9.59	\	6.15 – 6.39	\	\	6.24–6.81	\
M. huttonii	♂	8.60	\	6.10	4.60	\	6.70	\
	♀♀ (n = 2)	8.50, 8.60	\	6.10, 6.10	4.60, 4.70	\	6.70, 6.90	\
M. lorelieae	♂♂ (n = 5)	6.92–7.47	\	4.70 – 4.83	3.50–3.80	5.02–5.48	4.73–5.15	9.67–9.98
	♀♀ (n = 8)	7.38–7.83	\	4.80 – 5.00	3.71–3.81	5.11–5.50	4.94–5.09	10.32–10.72
M. liboensis	♂♂ (n = 3)	5.02–6.53	5.84–7.46	4.26–5.13	3.04–3.78	4.19–5.32	4.84–5.53	9.67–11.53
	♀♀ (n = 2)	6.73, 7.12	7.51, 7.75	5.39, 5.58	3.99, 4.16	5.41, 5.75	5.74, 5.94	11.63, 12.28
M. peninsularis	♂♂ (n = 22)	8.32–9.39	6.79–8.22	5.52–6.09	4.28–5.28	5.45–6.22	5.94–8.02	11.25–12.92 [21]
	♀♀ (n = 17)	8.08–9.62	7.10–8.37	5.68–6.39	4.46–5.26 [16]	5.69–6.22 [16]	6.28–6.94 [16]	12.09–13.59
M. pluvialis	♂	7.78	6.43	5.49	4.21	5.52	5.93	11.18
M. rozendaali	♂♂ (n = 13)	7.34–7.74 [7]	6.15–6.86 [7]	5.20–5.50 [7]	3.77–4.14 [7]	5.17–5.35 [6]	5.62–6.02 [6]	10.55–11.22 [6]
M. tiensa	Unknown (n = 4)	\	\	5.82–6.68	\	\	6.30–7.21	11.95–13.62
M. chayuensis sp. nov	♂♂ (n = 4)	6.87–7.47	6.89–7.60	4.83–6.06	3.67–3.92	5.36–5.72	5.23–6.67	10.22–11.01
	♀	7.41	6.47	5.45	4.04	5.56	5.51	11.55