Miniopterus nimbae

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Miniopteridae
Genus: Miniopterus
Species: Miniopterus nimbae

Name

Miniopterus nimbae Monadjem, Shapiro, Richards, Karabulut, Crawley, Nielsen, Hansen, Bohmann & Mourier, 2020: 245

• Holotype: DM 12621, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Ara Monadjem.
• Type locality: “10 km to the west of Mt Nimba, Mt Gangra, Nimba Province, Liberia, 720 m (7.55434°N, 8.62902°W)”.

References

Primary 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: Nimba Long-fingered Bat