Peterson's long-fingered bat

Peterson's long-fingered bat (Miniopterus petersoni) is a bat in the genus Miniopterus which occurs in southeast Madagascar.[2] It was described by Steven M. Goodman et al. in 2008.[2] While M. petersoni is similar to M. sororculus, the two species are not closely related to each other, and possess a number of differing external and cranial characteristics.[2]

Peterson's long-fingered bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Miniopteridae
Genus: Miniopterus
Species:
M. petersoni
Binomial name
Miniopterus petersoni
Goodman et al., 2008
Miniopterus petersoni range

References

  1. Jenkins, R.K.B.; Rakotoarivelo, A. (2019). "Miniopterus petersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T81633135A22035230.
  2. Goodman, Steven M; Bradman, Helen M; Maminirina, Claudette P; Ryan, Kate E; Christidis, Les L; Appleton, Belinda (2008), "A new species of Miniopterus (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from lowland southeastern Madagascar", Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde, 73 (3): 199, doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2007.12.003


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