Miniopterus ambohitrensis
Goodman, Ramasindrazana, K. M. Naughton, & B. Appleton, 2015
Montagne d'Ambre Long-fingered Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
| Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
| Family | : Miniopteridae |
| Genus | : Miniopterus |
Species status
Authority citation
Goodman, S.M., Ramasindrazana, B., Naughton, K.M. and Appleton, B. 2015-03-23. Description of a new species of the _Miniopterus aelleni_ group (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from upland areas of central and northern Madagascar. Zootaxa 3936(4):538-558.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3936.4.4Original name as described
Miniopterus ambohitrensis
Other common names
Ambohitra Long-fingered Bat · Montagne d'Ambre Bent-winged Bat
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:202450
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2701337Type locality
"Madagascar: Province d'Antsiranana, Parc National de la Montagne d'Ambre, 5.5 km SW Joffreville (Ambohitra), Station Forestière des Roussettes, 12°31'37.3"S, 49°10'19.1"E, 1000 m."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
Taxonomy notes
recently described; moved from Vespertilionidae to Miniopteridae
Taxonomy notes citation
Goodman, S. M., Ramasindrazana, B., Naughton, K. M., & Appleton, B. (2015). Description of a new species of the Miniopterus aelleni group (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from upland areas of central and northern Madagascar. Zootaxa, 3936(4), 538-58. · Miller-Butterworth, C. M., Murphy, W. J., O'Brien, S. J., Jacobs, D. S., Springer, M. S., & Teeling, E. C. (2007). A family matter: conclusive resolution of the taxonomic position of the long-fingered bats, Miniopterus. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 24(7), 1553-1561.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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