Griffith's long-fingered bat
Species of bat
| Griffith's long-fingered bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Miniopteridae |
| Genus: | Miniopterus |
| Species: | M. griffithsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Miniopterus griffithsi Goodman et al., 2010 | |
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Griffith's long-fingered bat (Miniopterus griffithsi) is a bat in the genus Miniopterus which occurs in southern Madagascar.[2] M. griffithsi was previously a part of the largest family of bats, the Vespertilionidae, which consist of five subfamilies.[3] The bat family Miniopteridae is widely distributed, ranging from the majority of sub-Saharan Africa to north Africa and Eurasia, as well as southern and southeastern Asia and Australia.[3] Typical features of these bats include elongated third fingers, long narrow wings giving them a pointed shape when in flight, and a bent shape when folded, adding to the common name of bent-wing bats. M. griffithsi is similar to its sister species Miniopterus gleni, which lives north of the Onilahy River, while M. giffithsi lives south of it.[2] Researchers first discovered that M. griffithsi was separate from M. gleni based on phylogeographic studies of the latter.[2]
References
Wikispecies has information related to Miniopterus griffithsi.
- ^ Goodman, S. (2017). "Miniopterus griffithsi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T81633105A95642250. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T81633105A95642250.en.
- ^ a b c '"atterns of morphological and genetic variation in the endemic Malagasy bat Miniopterus gleni (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae), with the description of a new species, M. griffithsi." S. M. Goodman, C. P. Maminirina, H. M. Bradman, L. Christidis, B. R. Appleton.
- ^ a b A Family Matter: Conclusive Resolution of the Taxonomic Position of the Long-Fingered Bats, Miniopterus, Cassandra M. Miller-Butterworth*, William J. Murphy†, Stephen J. O'Brien‡, David S. Jacobs§, Mark S. Springer‖ and Emma C. Teeling¶
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Species of genus Miniopterus
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Chiroptera
- Family: Miniopteridae
- M. approximatus
- M. fossilis
- M. rummeli
- M. tao
- M. zapfei
- Little bent-wing bat (M. australis)
- Eastern bent-wing bat (M. fuliginosus)
- Southeast Asian long-fingered bat (M. fuscus)
- M. macrocneme
- Western bent-winged bat (M. magnater)
- Intermediate long-fingered bat (M. medius)
- Australasian bent-wing bat (M. orianae)
- M. pallidus
- Philippine long-fingered bat (M. paululus)
- Small bent-winged bat (M. pusillus)
- Loyalty bent-winged bat (M. robustior)
- Common bent-wing bat (M. schreibersii)
- Shortridge's long-fingered bat (M. shortridgei)
- Great bent-winged bat (M. tristis)
- African long-fingered bat (M. africanus)
- Lesser long-fingered bat (M. fraterculus)
- Greater long-fingered bat (M. inflatus)
- M. maghrebensis
- M. mossambicus
- Least long-fingered bat (M. minor)
- Natal long-fingered bat (M. natalensis)
- M. newtoni
- M. aelleni
- M. ambohitrensis
- M. brachytragos
- Glen's long-fingered bat (M. gleni)
- Griffith's long-fingered bat (M. griffithsi)
- M. griveaudi
- M. mahafaliensis
- Major's long-fingered bat (M. majori)
- Manavi long-fingered bat (M. manavi)
- Peterson's long-fingered bat (M. petersoni)
- M. sororculus
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