Miniopterus pusillus

Dobson, 1876

Small 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

Dobson, G.E. 1876. Monograph of the Asiatic Chiroptera, and Catalogue of the Species of Bats in the Collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Printed by Order of the Trustees of the Indian Museum, London, 228 pp.

Authority publication link

https://wellcomecollection.org/works/wznx4y6x

Original name as described

Miniopterus pusillus

Other common names

Nicobar Bent-winged Bat · Nicobar Long-fingered Bat · Small Bent-winged Bat

Type material

ZSI 15591

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by R. C. Wroughton in 1918 to "Nicobar [Islands, India]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

India · Nepal · Myanmar · China · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Indonesia · East Timor

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/1005133

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 pusillus

Dobson, 1876

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15591

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

162

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Elera (1895:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Koopman (1993:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  4. Koopman (1994:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  5. Bates & Harrison (1997:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Smith & Xie (2008:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:694) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13569/22103542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Miniopterus schreibersi pusillus

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

386

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427507

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1898:386, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14017)

Miniopterus australis pusillus

D. D. Davis, 1962

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Davis (1962:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)

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