Miniopterus magnater

Sanborn, 1931

Large 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

Sanborn, C.C. 1931-02-12. Bats from Polynesia, Melanesia, and Malaysia. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 18(2):5-29.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2750529

Original name as described

Miniopterus schreibersii magnater

Other common names

Large Bent-winged Bat · Western Bent-winged Bat · Western Long-fingered Bat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:31802

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=4a0e6571-8e4b-48e8-8208-fb359bfbd427

Type locality

"Marienberg, forty miles up the Sepik River, Territory of New Guinea," Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

India · China · Myanmar · Thailand · Vietnam · Cambodia · Laos · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei? · East Timor · Papua New Guinea

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/1005119

Country distribution map

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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 schreibersii magnater

Sanborn, 1931

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

magnater

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:31802

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=4a0e6571-8e4b-48e8-8208-fb359bfbd427

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2750529

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Miniopterus macrodens

K. Maeda, 1982

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

macrodens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NSMT-M 23546

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Mammalian Science

Miniopterus magnater macrodens

Simmons, 2005

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

macrodens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Miniopterus magnater

Simmons, 2005

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

magnater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13566/209529644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Miniopterus magnater magnater

Simmons, 2005

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

magnater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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