Miniopterus macrocneme
Revilliod, 1914
Small Melanesian 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
Revilliod, P. 1914. Les mammifères de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et des Îles Loyalty. Nova Caledonia 1:341-365.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6259574Original name as described
Miniopterus macrocneme
Other common names
Small Melanesian Bent-winged Bat
Type material
NMB 1761, NMB 1762, NMB 1763, NMB 1764, NMB 1765, NMB 1766
Type kind
syntypes
Type locality
"Nouvelle-Calédonie [= New Caledonia and] Iles Loyalty [= Loyalty Islands]."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands · Vanuatu · New Caledonia
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
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