Miniopterus petersoni

Goodman, Bradman, Maminirina, K. E. Ryan, Christidis, & B. Appleton, 2008

Peterson'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

Goodman, S.M., Bradman, H.M., Maminirina, C.P., Ryan, K.E., Christidis, L.L. and Appleton, B. 2008-05. A new species of Miniopterus (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from lowland southeastern Madagascar. Mammalian Biology 73(3):199-213.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2007.12.003

Original name as described

Miniopterus petersoni

Other common names

Peterson's Bent-winged Bat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:194136

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2692904

Type locality

"Madagascar: Province de Toliara, Cascade de Manantantely, 5.2 km NW of Tolagnaro, 24°59.343S, 46°55.370E, 65 m."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described; moved from Vespertilionidae to Miniopteridae

Taxonomy notes citation

Goodman, S. M., Bradman, H. M., Maminirina, C. P., Ryan, K. E., Christidis, L. L., & Appleton, B. (2008). A new species of Miniopterus (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from lowland southeastern Madagascar. Mammalian Biology, 73(3), 199-213. · 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/1005132

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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 petersoni

Goodman, Bradman, Maminirina, K. E. Ryan, Christidis, & B. Appleton, 2008

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

petersoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:194136

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2692904

Authority page

201

Authority publication

Mammalian Biology

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/81633135/22035230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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