Miniopterus griveaudi

D. L. Harrison, 1959

Griveaud's 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

Harrison, D.L. 1959. A new subspecies of lesser long-winged bat _Miniopterus minor_ Peters, 1867, from the Comoro Islands. Durban Museum Novitates 5(15):191-196.

Authority publication link

https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA0012723X_1664

Original name as described

Miniopterus minor griveaudi

Other common names

Comoros Bent-winged Bat · Comoros Long-fingered Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1967.1231

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/86e1bb59-470e-4e89-97a6-d667e6342a95

Type locality

"Grande Comore."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar · Comoros

Taxonomy notes

split from M. manavi; moved from Vespertilionidae to Miniopteridae

Taxonomy notes citation

Juste, J., Ferrández, A., Fa, J. E., Masefield, W., & Ibáñez, C. (2007). Taxonomy of little bent-winged bats (Miniopterus, Miniopteridae) from the African islands of Sao Tomé, Grand Comoro and Madagascar, based on mtDNA. Acta Chiropterologica, 9(1), 27-37. · 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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005115

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Miniopterus minor griveaudi

D. L. Harrison, 1959

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

griveaudi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1967.1231

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/86e1bb59-470e-4e89-97a6-d667e6342a95

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Durban Museum Novitates

Miniopterus manavi griveaudi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

griveaudi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Miniopterus griveaudi

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

griveaudi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

706

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136752/22035638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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