Miniopterus maghrebensis
Puechmaille, Allegrini, Benda, Bilgin, Ibáñez, & Juste in Puechmaille, Allegrini, Benda, Gürün, Šrámek, Ibáñez, Juste, & Bilgin, 2014
Maghrebian 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
Puechmaille, S.J., Allegrini, B., Benda, P., Gürün, K., Šrámek, J., Ibáñez, C., Juste, J. and Bilgin, R. 2014-05-05. A new species of the _Miniopterus schreibersii_ species complex (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from the Maghreb Region, North Africa. Zootaxa 3794(1):108-124.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.1.4Original name as described
Miniopterus maghrebensis
Other common names
Maghrebian Bent-winged Bat
Type material
NMPr 94426
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Kef Azigza Cave (or Tazzouguert Cave), 5.7 km S of Ksar Tazougart, 19 km W-NW of Boudenib, Er Rachidiyah Province, Morocco (32 °01' 46.6" N, 03° 47' 16.7" W, 1060 m a. s. l.)."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia
Taxonomy notes
recently described based on populations of M. schreibersii; moved from Vespertilionidae to Miniopteridae
Taxonomy notes citation
Puechmaille, S. J., Allegrini, B., Benda, P., Gürün, K., Šràmek, J., Ibanez, C., ... & Bilgin, R. (2014). A new species of the Miniopterus schreibersii species complex (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from the Maghreb Region, North Africa. Zootaxa, 3794(1), 108-124. · 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
Near Threatened
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