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 1. List of cranial and dental measurements used in this study.

Character	Definitions
STOTL	total length of skull: from anterior rim of alveolus of I 2 to most projecting point of occipital region
GTL	greatest length of skull: from anterior aspect of I 2 to most prominent point of occipital region
CBL	condylobasal length: from exoccipital condyle to posterior rim of alveolus of I 2
CCL	condylocanine length: from exoccipital condyle to most anterior part of C 1
ZYW	zygomatic width: greatest width of skull across zygomatic arches
BCW	braincase width: greatest width of braincase
BCH	braincase height: skull placed horizontally, measuring from horizontal plane to highest point of cranium
IOW	interorbital width: least width of interorbital constriction
POW	width of postorbital constriction: least width of postorbital constriction
MAW	mastoid width: greatest distance across mastoid region
BOW	basioccipital width: least distance between cochleae
CM3L	upper canine–molar length: from anterior of C1 to posterior of M3 crown
IM3L	maxillary toothrow length: from anterior point of I2 to back of M3 crown
CP4L	upper canine–premolar length: from anterior of C1 to posterior of P4 crown
M1M3L	upper molar length: from anterior of first upper molar (M1) to posterior of M3
PWC1C1	anterior palatal width: least distance between inner borders of C1
PWM3M3	posterior palatal width: least distance between inner borders of M3
C1C1W	upper canine width: greatest width of outer borders of C1
M3M3W	upper molar greatest width: greatest width of outer borders of M3
MDL	greatest length of mandible: from anterior point of first lower incisor (I2) to most posterior part of condyle
ML	mandible length: from anterior rim of alveolus of I2 to most posterior part of condyle
CPH	coronoid process height: least distance from apex of coronoid process to indentation of lower border of ramus mandibula
CM3L	lower canine–molar length: from anterior of C1 to posterior of third lower molar (M3) crown
IM3L	mandibular toothrow length: from anterior point of I2 to back of M3 crown
CP4L	lower canine–premolar length: from anterior of lower canine to back of posterior P4 crown
M1M3L	lower molar length: from anterior of first lower molar (M1) to the posterior of M3.