Miniopterus mossambicus

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 mossambicus

Name

Miniopterus mossambicus Monadjem, Goodman, Stanley & Appleton, 2013: 129

• Holotype: FMNH 213651, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Steven M. Goodman and Ara Monadjem on 9 October 2010.
• Type locality: “over a swimming pool at the Bamboo Inn (15.10306°S; 39.21748°E), along the road to Malawi and on the outskirts of Nampula (town) in the Nampula Province, northern Mozambique, at an altitude of 420 m above sea level”.

References

Primary references

• Monadjem, A., Goodman, S.M., Stanley, W.T. & Appleton, B. 2013. A cryptic new species of Miniopterus from south-eastern Africa based on molecular and morphological characters. Zootaxa 3746(1): 123–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.1.5 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Mozambican Long-fingered Bat