Miniopterus inflatus

O. Thomas, 1903

Greater 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1903-12-01. Three new bats from the Cameroons, discovered by Mr. G.L. Bates. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)12(72):633-635.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993404

Original name as described

Miniopterus inflatus

Other common names

Greater Bent-winged Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.2.4.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/289e205e-3b94-4594-a596-4030c17d268f

Type locality

"Efulen, Cameroons [= Cameroon]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Kenya · Tanzania · Nigeria · Namibia · Zimbabwe · Mozambique

Taxonomy notes

moved from Vespertilionidae to Miniopteridae

Taxonomy notes citation

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005116

Country distribution map

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