Miniopterus sororculus

S. M. Goodman, K. E. Ryan, Maminirina, Fahr, Christidis, & B. Appleton, 2007

Sororcula 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., Ryan, K.E., Maminirina, C.P., Fahr, J., Christidis, L.L. and Appleton, B. 2007-10. Specific status of populations on Madagascar referred to _Miniopterus fraterculus_ (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with description of a new species. Journal of Mammalogy 88(5):1216-1229.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/06-MAMM-A-285R1.1

Original name as described

Miniopterus sororculus

Other common names

Malagasy Long-fingered Bat · Sororcula Bent-winged Bat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:177259

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2676027

Type locality

"Madagascar: Province de Fianarantsoa, 3 km south of Ambatofinandrahana, in unnamed cave, 20°34.321'S, 46°48.530'E, 1,450 m."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described; moved from Vespertilionidae to Miniopteridae

Taxonomy notes citation

Goodman, S. M., Ryan, K. E., Maminirina, C. P., Fahr, J., Christidis, L., & Appleton, B. (2007). Specific status of populations on Madagascar referred to Miniopterus fraterculus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with description of a new species. Journal of Mammalogy, 88(5), 1216-1229. · 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/1005137

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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Miniopterus sororculus

S. M. Goodman, K. E. Ryan, Maminirina, Fahr, Christidis, & B. Appleton, 2007

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

sororculus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:177259

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2676027

Authority page

1219

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136401/22015600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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