Authority citation: Goodman, S.M., Ramasindrazana, B., Maminirina, C.P., Schoeman, M.C. and Appleton, B. 2011-05-17. Morphological, bioacoustical, and genetic variation in Miniopterus bats from eastern Madagascar, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2880:1-19.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2880.1.1
Original name as described: Miniopterus egeri
Nominal names: egeri S. M. Goodman, Ramasindrazana, Maminirina, M. C. Schoeman, & B. Appleton, 2011
Other common names: Eger's Bent-winged Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Miniopteridae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: FMNH:Mamm:209160
Type locality: "Madagascar: Province de Toamasina, Forêt de Sahafina, 9.5 km W Brickaville, 18°48'37"S, 48°58'48"E, 50 m."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Madagascar (MDG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: recently described; moved from Vespertilionidae to Miniopteridae
Citation: Goodman, S. M., Ramasindrazana, B., Maminirina, C. P., Schoeman, M. C., & Appleton, B. (2011). Morphological, bioacoustical, and genetic variation in Miniopterus bats from eastern Madagascar, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2880(1), 1-19.|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.
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