A New Species of Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Yunnan, China Author Mou, Xin Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China mouxin@mail.kiz.ac.cn Author Qian, Yishun Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China Author Li, Mei Conservation Area Management Committee of Guanyin Shan Provincial Nature Reserve, Yuanyang 662400, China Author Li, Biao Conservation Area Management Committee of Guanyin Shan Provincial Nature Reserve, Yuanyang 662400, China Author Luo, Xiong Conservation Area Management Committee of Guanyin Shan Provincial Nature Reserve, Yuanyang 662400, China Author Li, Song Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Information, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China lis@mail.kiz.ac.cn text Animals 2024 2024-08-15 14 16 1 15 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani14162371 journal article 303600 10.3390/ani14162371 f608f334-1cbe-4f5d-91ef-a7b0b47f3625 PMC11350883 39199905 13829969

Table 4. Weight (g) and external and cranial measurements (mm) of Murina species. Abbreviations and definitions of measurement values are provided in Section 2. “ ” indicate male, “ ” indicate female, “*” indicate the means of IEBR-M6020 and S186699.

Character	Holotype (KIZ20230424)	Paratype (KIZ20230450	yuanyang sp. nov. (n = 2) ♂ Mean, KIZ20230415Paratype), KIZ20230492	♀(n = 5) Mean ± SD, Min–Max	Murina chrysochaetes IEBR-M6020, Holotype, /S186699,,, Eger and ♀ ♀ ♂ Son et al. Lim [18] [10, 31]		Murina harpioloides Holotype, ♀, Kruskop and Eger [17]	Murina eleryi Holotype, ♂, Furey et al. [7]	Murina aurata Holotype, ♂ Paratype, ♂ Mean (n = 2) Eger and Lim [18]
WT	4.2	4.7	3.5, 3.6, 3.4	4.3 ± 0.3, 3.8–4.7	3.0	4.0 *	4.2	4.0	-
HB	35.05	36.34	33.66, 31.37, 35.94	34.82 ± 1.52, 32.11–36.34	-	40.0 *	35.0	-	-
TL	31.58	27.99	25.57, 23.89, 27.25	28.39 ± 1.64, 26.92–31.58	-	24.0 *	30.5	28.7	-
E	12.99	13.11	13.09, 12.77, 13.40	13.25 ± 0.82, 12.27–14.77	-	12.0 *	12.3	12.6	-
HF	7.88	8.52	6.49, 6.83, 6.14	7.66 ± 0.75, 6.25–8.52	-	5.5 *	-	6.2	-
TIB	13.48	13.57	12.86, 12.56, 13.16	13.15 ± 0.43, 12.37–13.57	10.92	12.6 *	-	14.7	12.00
FA	29.8	29.64	27.81, 27.96, 27.66	29.83 ± 0.35, 29.53–30.51	26.35	28.6 *	29.7	28.4	29.14
MET2	25.56	25.55	22.36, 22.82, 21.89	24.46 ± 1.00, 23.06–25.56	-	-	-	-	-
MET3	27.90	28.09	25.15, 24.48, 25.79	27.39 ± 0.60, 26.58–28.09	25.43	-	-	26.2	25.99
MET4	27.18	27.79	25.09, 24.59, 25.59	26.99 ± 0.68, 25.78–27.79	24.53	-	-	25.5	26.46
MET5	27.49	27.46	25.34, 24.95, 25.73	27.21 ± 0.28, 26.71–27.49	24.50	-	-	26.1	26.81
STOTL	13.84	13.79	13.54, 13.31, 13.77	13.90 ± 0.10, 13.79–14.07	-	14.57/14.72	-	14.62	-
GTL	14.13	13.95	13.72, 13.44, 14.00	14.09 ± 0.07, 13.95–14.16	14.05	-	-	14.90	14.20
CBL	12.68	12.46	12.18, 12.02,12.35	12.58 ± 0.12, 12.41–12.72	12.45	-	13.02	12.89	12.56
Character	Holotype (KIZ20230424)	Murina yuanyang sp. nov. (n = 2) Paratype ♂ Mean, KIZ20230415 (KIZ20230450) (Paratype), KIZ20230492		♀ (n = 5) Mean ± SD, Min–Max	Murina chrysochaetes IEBR-M6020, Holotype, /S186699,,, Eger and ♀ ♀ ♂ Son et al. Lim [18] [10, 31]		Murina harpioloides Holotype, ♀, Kruskop and Eger [17]	Murina eleryi Holotype, ♂, Furey et al. [7]	Murina aurata Holotype, ♂ Paratype, ♂ Mean (n = 2) Eger and Lim [18]
CCL	12.12	12.05	11.75, 11.58, 11.93	12.10 ± 0.09, 11.94–12.22	-	-	12.34	12.59	-
ZYW	7.73	7.70	7.46, 7.41,7.52	7.69 ± 0.13, 7.44–7.81	7.85	8.41	-	7.84	7.59
BCW	6.95	6.97	6.92, 6.91, 6.93	7.00 ± 0.08, 6.93–7.15	6.98	7.28	7.21	7.11	7.15
BCH	6.78	6.56	6.79, 6.59, 6.98	6.62 ± 0.09, 6.51–6.78	-	6.33	5.81	5.77	-
IOW	3.84	3.80	3.73, 3.67, 3.78	3.79 ± 0.06, 3.68–3.86	-	4.17	4.12	4.27	-
POW	3.93	3.90	3.91, 3.88, 3.93	3.94 ± 0.05, 3.88–4.01	4.26	-	4.09	-	4.17
MAW	7.38	7.38	7.21, 7.18, 7.23	7.31 ± 0.10, 7.12–7.38	7.07	7.62	7.42	7.07	7.14
BOW	1.50	1.38	1.32, 1.28, 1.35	1.40 ± 0.06, 1.30–1.50	-	1.39	-	1.22	-
CM3L	4.51	4.54	4.41, 4.43, 4.38	4.53 ± 0.06, 4.45–4.63	4.36	5.44/4.66	4.68	4.50	4.27
IM3L	5.28	5.29	5.18, 5.13, 5.23	5.28 ± 0.07, 5.22–5.40	-	-	-	-	-
CP4L	2.00	2.11	2.03, 2.06,2.00	2.07 ± 0.04, 2.00–2.12	-	2.02	-	2.07	-
M1M3L	2.73	2.68	2.67, 2.63, 2.71	2.69 ± 0.04, 2.62–2.74	-	2.88	-	-	-
PWC1C1	1.78	1.71	1.53, 1.42, 1.63	1.68 ± 0.07, 1.55–1.78	-	1.99	-	1.65	-
PWM3M3	2.73	2.76	2.69, 2.63, 2.75	2.80 ± 0.05, 2.73–2.86	-	3.01	3.10	2.59	-
C1C1W	3.22	3.28	3.11, 3.01, 3.21	3.21 ± 0.08, 3.06–3.28	3.18	3.63	3.39	3.21	3.18
M3M3W	4.74	4.62	4.60, 4.61, 4.59	4.67 ± 0.04, 4.62–4.74	-	4.93	4.88	4.62	-
MDL	8.76	8.75	8.32, 8.21, 8.43	8.75 ± 0.13, 8.51–8.91	8.42	-	-	-	8.59
ML	8.41	8.42	8.12, 8.09, 8.15	8.49 ± 0.13, 8.34–8.69	-	9.30/9.94	9.31	9.55	-
CPH	2.86	2.93	2.64, 2.52, 2.76	2.83 ± 0.09, 2.69–2.93	3.06	3.51	3.32	2.86	2.87
CM3L	5.03	4.93	4.76, 4.81, 4.71	4.93 ± 0.05, 4.88–5.03	4.36	5.08	5.13	4.89	4.64
IM3L	5.48	5.56	5.34, 5.32, 5.36	5.57 ± 0.09, 5.46–5.70	-	-	-	-	-
CP4L	2.01	1.92	1.88, 1.85, 1.91	1.92 ± 0.06, 1.85–2.01	-	1.83	-	1.82	-
M1M3L	3.34	3.42	3.20, 3.16, 3.24	3.36 ± 0.05, 3.29–3.42	-	3.33	-	-	-