Miniopterus brachytragos

Goodman, Maminirina, Bradman, Christidis, & B. Appleton, 2009

Madagascar Long-fingered Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Miniopteridae
Genus : Miniopterus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Goodman, S.M., Maminirina, C.P., Bradman, H.M., Christidis, L.L. and Appleton, B. 2009-11-30. The use of molecular phylogenetic and morphological tools to identify cryptic and paraphyletic species: Examples from the diminutive long-fingered bats (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae: Miniopterus) on Madagascar. American Museum Novitates 3669:1-34.

Original name as described

Miniopterus brachytragos

Other common names

Broad-tragused Long-fingered Bat · Madagascar Bent-winged Bat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:175840

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Madagascar: Province de Mahajanga, Réserve Naturelle Intégrale de Namoroka [status subsequently changed to Parc National], Forêt d'Ambovonomby, 26 km NW Andranomavo, 16°28.2'S, 45°20.9'E, 200 m above sea level."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described for populations previously included under M. manavi; moved from Vespertilionidae to Miniopteridae

Taxonomy notes citation

Goodman, S. M., Maminirina, C. P., Bradman, H. M., Christidis, L., & Appleton, B. (2009). The use of molecular phylogenetic and morphological tools to identify cryptic and paraphyletic species: Examples from the diminutive long-fingered bats (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae: Miniopterus) on Madagascar. American Museum Novitates, 2009(3669), 1-34. · 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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