Miniopterus villiersi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Miniopteridae
Genus: Miniopterus
Species: Miniopterus villiersi

Name

Miniopterus villiersi Aellen, 1956

• Holotype: IFAN 54-1-1, adult ♂, collected by A. Villiers on 16 April 1954.
• Type locality: “grotte du Marché, Dalaba, Guinée française”.

Combinations

• Miniopterus inflatus villiersi Aellen, 1956: 890 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Miniopterus schreibersii villiersi: Koopman, 1965 [subsequent combination]
• Miniopterus villiersi: Fahr, Djossa & Vierhaus, 2006: 173 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

References

Primary references

• Aellen, V. 1956. Speologica africana. Chiroptères des grottes de Guinée. . Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire. Série A, Sciences naturelles 18(3): 884–894. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Monadjem, A., Shapiro, J.T., Richards, L.R., Karabulut, H., Crawley, W., Nielsen, I.B., Hansen, A., Bohmann, K. & Mourier, T. 2020. Systematics of West African Miniopterus with the Description of a New Species. Acta Chiropterologica 21(2): 237–256. DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2019.21.2.001 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Villiers's Long-fingered Bat