Miniopterus robustior

Revilliod, 1914

Loyalty 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

Revilliod, P. 1914. Les mammifères de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et des Îles Loyalty. Nova Caledonia 1:341-365.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6259573

Original name as described

Miniopterus australis robustior

Other common names

Loyalty Bent-winged Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1914.5.23.2, MCZ:Mamm:19375 (= NMB 1758), NMB 1752, NMB 1753, NMB 1754, NMB 1755, NMB 1756, NMB 1757, NMB 1758, NMB 1759, NMB 1760

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7ffac1b3-7a66-45fb-bbff-3950e5ff7e36 https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:MAMM:19375 https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:19375

Type locality

"Iles Loyalty [= Loyalty Islands]: Lifou [Island], Quépénéé."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

New Caledonia

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

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005134

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 australis robustior

Revilliod, 1914

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

robustior

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.5.23.2, MCZ:Mamm:19375 (= NMB 1758), NMB 1752, NMB 1753, NMB 1754, NMB 1755, NMB 1756, NMB 1757, NMB 1758, NMB 1759, NMB 1760

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7ffac1b3-7a66-45fb-bbff-3950e5ff7e36 https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:MAMM:19375 https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:19375

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6259573

Authority publication

Nova Caledonia

Miniopterus robustior

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

robustior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

75

Authority publication

London

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. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13570/22103451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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