Miniopterus minor

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Least 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Übersicht der aus dem Nachlass des Baron Carl von der Decken stammenden und auf seiner ostafrikanischen Reise gesammelten Säugethiere und Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866:884-892.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053459

Original name as described

Miniopterus minor

Other common names

Least Bent-winged Bat

Type material

ZMB 3268

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"von der Küste von Zanzibar [= from the coast of Zanzibar Island, Tanzania]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Kenya

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. newtoni; 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/1005124

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 minor

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

minor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3268

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

885

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053459

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Happold & Happold (2013:716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13568/22105217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Miniopterus minor occidentalis

Juste & Ibáñez, 1992

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 1074.13

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

362

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44797056

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

M. m. minor

Koopman, 1994

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

133

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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