Miniopterus shortridgei

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1957

Shortridge'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Laurie, E.M.O. and Hill, J.E. 1957-02-25. Renaming of _Miniopterus australis minor_ Laurie & Hill. Journal of Mammalogy 38(1):128.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/38.1.128

Original name as described

Miniopterus australis shortridgei

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.5.426

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4f1d5fce-8406-4d7b-9fce-799d474dd5cc https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7680d6b2-4b08-4161-b369-0620baf0716b

Type locality

"Kalipoetjang, Tji-Tandoei River, south Java," Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005136

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 minor

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.5.426

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4f1d5fce-8406-4d7b-9fce-799d474dd5cc https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7680d6b2-4b08-4161-b369-0620baf0716b

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635612

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Miniopterus australis shortridgei

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1957

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.5.426

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4f1d5fce-8406-4d7b-9fce-799d474dd5cc https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7680d6b2-4b08-4161-b369-0620baf0716b

Authority page

128

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Miniopterus shortridgei

Simmons, 2005

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:696) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136827/22044684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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