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{{Short description|Species of bat}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Greater tube-nosed bat
| image = Murina leucogaster illustration.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Stubbe, M. |author2=Ariunbold, J. |author3=Buuveibaatar, V. |author4=Dorjderem, S. |author5=Monkhzul, T. |author6=Otgonbaatar, M. |author7=Tsogbadrakh, M. |author8=Francis, C.M. |author9=Bates, P.J.J. |author10=Csorba, G. |date=2016 |title=''Murina leucogaster'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T13943A22093328 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13943A22093328.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Murina
| species = leucogaster
| authority = ([[Alphonse Milne-Edwards|Milne-Edwards]], 1872)
}}

The '''greater tube-nosed bat''' ('''''Murina leucogaster''''') is a species of [[bat]]. An adult greater tube-nosed bat has a body length of 4.2-5.7 cm, a tail length of 3.6-4.1 cm, and a wing length of 3.7-4.4 cm. The species is found in [[India]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], and [[Korea]].

The greater tube-nosed bat's call has twelve simple syllables and five composites with harmonics in the ultrasonic range. When emitting aggression calls, they bare their teeth, pull up their wings, and attack other individuals by biting. Males have stereotypical mating behaviors of shaking their bodies and licking their genitalia.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.zool.2014.12.005|pmid=25862078|title=Social and vocal behavior in adult greater tube-nosed bats (Murina leucogaster)|year=2015|last1=Lin|first1=Hong-Jun|last2=Kanwal|first2=Jagmeet S.|last3=Jiang|first3=Ting-Lei|last4=Liu|first4=Ying|last5=Feng|first5=Jiang|journal=Zoology|volume=118|issue=3|pages=192–202|bibcode=2015Zool..118..192L }}</ref>

==References==
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*{{cite book|title=한국의 포유동물 (Hangugui poyudongmul, Mammals of Korea)|author=Won, Byeong-o (원병오)|year=2004|location=Seoul|publisher=Dongbang Media|isbn=89-8457-310-8}}

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[[Category:Bats of Asia]]
[[Category:Murininae]]
[[Category:Bats of South Asia]]
[[Category:Mammals of China]]
[[Category:Mammals of India]]
[[Category:Mammals of Korea]]
[[Category:Mammals of Mongolia]]
[[Category:Mammals described in 1872]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Alphonse Milne-Edwards]]

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Greater tube-nosed bat - Revision history

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