Miniopterus newtoni

du Bocage, 1889

Newton's 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

Authority citation

Bocage, J.V.B. du. 1889. Chiroptères de l'île St. Thomé. Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes (2)1:197-199.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418951

Original name as described

Miniopterus Newtoni

Other common names

Newton's Bent-winged Bat

Type material

EBD 17.350

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

"St. Thomé [= São Tomé Island]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

São Tomé and Príncipe

Taxonomy notes

split from M. minor; 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/1005127

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 Newtoni

du Bocage, 1889

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

newtoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

EBD 17.350

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

198

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418951

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136310/22019007) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Miniopterus minor newtoni

Simmons, 2005

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

newtoni

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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