Authority citation: Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Übersicht der aus dem Nachlass des Baron Carl von der Decken stammenden und auf seiner ostafrikanischen Reise gesammelten Säugethiere und Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866:884-892.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053459
Original name as described: Miniopterus minor
Nominal names: minor W. C. H. Peters, 1867 | occidentalis Juste & Ibáñez, 1992
Other common names: Least Bent-winged Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Miniopteridae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ZMB 3268
Type locality: "von der Küste von Zanzibar [= from the coast of Zanzibar Island, Tanzania]."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Republic of the Congo (COG) | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | Tanzania (TZA) | Kenya (KEN)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:
Species-specific notes: previously included M. newtoni; moved from Vespertilionidae to Miniopteridae
Citation: Juste, J., Ferrández, A., Fa, J. E., Masefield, W., & Ibáñez, C. (2007). Taxonomy of little bent-winged bats (Miniopterus, Miniopteridae) from the African islands of Sao Tomé, Grand Comoro and Madagascar, based on mtDNA. Acta Chiropterologica, 9(1), 27-37.|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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