Flute-nosed bat

Flute-nosed bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Murina
Species:
M. florium
Binomial name
Murina florium
Thomas, 1908

The flute-nosed bat (Murina florium) is a vespertilionid bat with an unusually shaped nose, the tubular nostrils facing outward from the end of the muzzle. They occur in the north of the Australian state of Queensland, in Indonesia, and on Papua New Guinea.

  1. ^ Pennay, M. (2021). "Murina florium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13939A22094567. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T13939A22094567.en. Retrieved 17 December 2023.