Common Names
Common Names in English:
Common Bentwing Bat, Long-Fingered Bats
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,086 meters (0 to 10,125 feet).Mean = 322.870 meters (1,059.285 feet), Standard Deviation = 708.120 based on 1,198 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Chiroptera
()
- Blumenbach, 1779
- Bats
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
()
- Dobson, 1875
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
()
- Koopman, 1984
- Superfamily:
Vespertilionoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Gill, 1872
- Family:
Vespertilionidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Miniopterinae
()
- Genus:
Miniopterus
()
- C.L. Bonaparte, 1837
- Specific name:
schreibersii
- (Kuhl, 1817)
- Scientific name: - Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817)
- Specific name:
schreibersii
- (Kuhl, 1817)
- Genus:
Miniopterus
(
- Subfamily:
Miniopterinae
(
- Family:
Vespertilionidae
(
- Superfamily:
Vespertilionoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
(
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Miniopterus
There are approximately 49 species in this genus:
M. africanus (African Long-Fingered Bat) · M. australis (Little Long-Fingered Bat) · M. australis australis · M. australis pusillus · M. australis shortridgei · M. bismarckensis · M. fraterculus (Lesser Long-Fingered Bat) · M. fuliginosus · M. fuscus (Southeast Asian Long-Fingered Bat) · M. fuscus medius · M. gleni · M. inflatus (Greater Long-Fingered Bat) · M. inflatus inflatus · M. macrocneme · M. magnater (Western Bent-Winged Bat) · M. majori · M. manavi (Manavi Long-Fingered Bat) · M. medius (Intermediate Long-Fingered Bat) · M. minor (Least Long-Fingered Bat) · M. natalensis (Natal Long-Fingered Bat) · M. oceanensis · M. orianae · M. paululus · M. paululus paululus · M. pusillus (Small Bent-Winged Bat) · M. robustior (Loyalty Bent-Winged Bat) · M. schreibersi (Schreibers's Long-Fingered Bat) · M. schreibersi arenarius · M. schreibersi blepotis · M. schreibersi fuliginosus · M. schreibersi natalensis · M. schreibersi pallidus · M. schreibersi pulcher · M. schreibersi schreibersi · M. schreibersii (Common Bentwing Bat) · M. schreibersii bassanii · M. schreibersii blepotis · M. schreibersii chinensis · M. schreibersii eschscholtzii · M. schreibersii fuliginosus · M. schreibersii inexpectatus · M. schreibersii natalensis · M. schreibersii oceanensis · M. schreibersii orianae · M. schreibersii pallidus · M. schreibersii schreibersii · M. schreibserii · M. tristis (Great Bent-Winged Bat) · M. tristis tristis
Bibliography
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Subias, L. S.;Kahwash, M. A. M.;Ruiz, E. (1990): Un nuevo genero y tres nuevas especies de Ceratozetoideos del Sur de Espana (Acari, Oribatida, Ceratozetoidea) - Bol. Asoc. esp. Entom. 14, pp. 105-113
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
- Schlitter, D. (GMA Africa Workshop) 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 111711
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14922277
- IUCN ID: 13561
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7592
