Miniopterus mossambicus
Monadjem, Goodman, Stanley, & B. Appleton, 2013
Mozambican 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
Monadjem, A., Goodman, S.M., Stanley, W.T. and Appleton, B. 2013-12-10. A cryptic new species of Miniopterus from south-eastern Africa based on molecular and morphological characters. Zootaxa 3746(1):123-142.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3746.1.5Original name as described
Miniopterus mossambicus
Other common names
Mozambican Bent-winged Bat · Mozambique Long-fingered Bat
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:213651
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"over a swimming pool at the Bamboo Inn (15.10306°S; 39.21748°E), along the road to Malawi and on the outskirts of Nampula (town) in the Nampula Province, northern Mozambique, at an altitude of 420 m above sea level."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Malawi · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Mozambique · Kenya
Taxonomy notes
recently described; moved from Vespertilionidae to Miniopteridae
Taxonomy notes citation
Monadjem, A., Goodman, S. M., Stanley, W. T., & Appleton, B. (2013). A cryptic new species of Miniopterus from southeastern Africa based on molecular and morphological characters. Zootaxa, 3746 (1), 123-142. · 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
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