Miniopterus Bonaparte, 1837. Fauna Ital., 1 fasc. 20.
Vespertilio ursinii Bonaparte, 1837 (=Vespertilio schreibersii Kuhl, 1817)
Miniopterus aelleni Goodman, Maminirina, Weyeneth, Bradman, Christidis, Ruedi & Appleton, 2009.
Zoologica Scripta 38(4): 353.
Aellen's Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus africanus Sanborn, 1936.
Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Publ., Zool. Ser. 20: 111.
African Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus ambohitrensis Goodman, Ramasindrazana, Naughton & Appleton, 2015.
Zootaxa 3936(4): 543.
Ambohitra Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus arenarius Heller, 1912.
Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 60(12): 2.
Sandy Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus australis Tomes, 1858.
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1858: 125.
Little Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus brachytragos Goodman, Maminirina, Bradman, Christidis & Appleton, 2009.
Am. Mus. Novitates 3669: 9.
Broad-tragused Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus egeri Goodman, Ramasindrazana, Maminirina, Schoeman & Appleton, 2011.
Zootaxa 2880: 9.
Eger's Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus eschscholtzii (Waterhouse, 1845).
Proc. Zool. Soc. London 13 (1845): 3.
Eschscholtz's Bent-winged Bat
Miniopterus fraterculus Thomas & Schwann, 1906.
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1906: 162.
Lesser Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus fuliginosus (Hodgson, 1835).
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 4(48): 700.
Eastern Bent-winged Bat
Miniopterus fuscus Bonhote, 1902.
Novit. Zool. 9: 626.
Southeast Asian Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus gleni Peterson, Eger & Mitchell, 1995.
Faune de Madagascar, Chiroptères 84: 128.
Glen's Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus griffithsi Goodman, Maminirina, Bradman, Christidis & Appleton, 2010.
J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 48(1): 81.
Griffiths' Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus griveaudi Harrison, 1959.
Durban Mus. Novitates 5: 192.
Griveaud's Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus inflatus Thomas, 1903.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, 12: 634.
Greater Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus macrocneme Revilliod, 1914.
In Sarasin and Roux, Nova Caledonia, A. Zool. 1: 360.
Small Melanesian Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus maghrebensis Puechmaille, Allegrini, Benda, Bilgin, Ibáñez & Juste, 2014.
Zootaxa 3794(1): 112.
Mahgrebian Bent-wing Bat
Miniopterus magnater Sanborn, 1931.
Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser. 18: 26.
Western Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus mahafaliensis Goodman, Maminirina, Bradman, Christidis & Appleton, 2009.
Am. Mus. Novitates 3669: 17.
Mahafaly Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus majori Thomas, 1906.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, 17: 175.
Major's Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus manavi Thomas, 1906.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, 17: 176.
Manavi Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus medius Thomas & Wroughton, 1909.
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1909: 382.
Intermediate Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus minor Peters, 1867.
Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1866: 885.
Least Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus mossambicus Monadjem, Goodman, Stanley & Appleton, 2013.
Zootaxa 3746(1): 129.
Mozambique Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus natalensis (A. Smith, 1834).
S. Afr. Quart. J. 2:59.
Natal Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus newtoni Bocage, 1889.
Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa 2: 198.
Newton's Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus nimbae Monadjem, Shapiro, Richards, Karabulut, Crawley, Nielsen, Hansen, Bohmann & Mourier, 2020.
Acta Chiropterol. 21(2): 245.
Nimba Long-fingered Bat
Liberia, Nimba Province, Mount Gangra, 10 km to the west of Mount Nimba
N Liberia, SE Guinea
CITES - Not Listed (new species). IUCN - Not Evaluated (new species).
References:
Monadjem, A., J.T. Shapiro, L.R. Richards, H. Karabulut, W. Crawley, I.B. Nielsen, A. Hansen, K. Bohmann, and T. Mourier. 2019. Systematics of West African Miniopterus with the description of a new species. Acta Chiropterologica 21(2): 237-256. Read abstract.
Miniopterus orianae Thomas, 1922.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 9, 10: 616.
Oriana's Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus pallidus Thomas, 1907.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, 20: 197.
Ashen Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus paululus Hollister, 1913.
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 46: 311.
Philippine Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus petersoni Goodman, Bradman, Maminirina, Ryan, Christidis & Appleton, 2008.
Mamm. Biol. 73(3): 201.
Peterson's Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus phillipsi Kusuminda, Mannakkara, Ukuwela, Kruskop, Amarasinghe, Saikia, Venugopal, Karunarathna, Gamage, Ruedi, Csorba, Yapa & Patterson, 2022.
Acta Chiropterol. 24(1): 4.
Phillips' Long-fingered Bat
Sri Lanka, Uva Province, at an edge of Dunkunda division of Bio Tea Garden tea plantation, near Idulgashinna railway station, Idulgashinna cave
Sri Lanka and S India
CITES - Not Listed (new species). IUCN - Not Evaluated (new species).
References:
Kusuminda, T., A. Mannakkara, K.D. Ukuwela, S.V. Kruskop, C.J. Amarasinghe, U. Saikia, P. Venugopal, M. Karunarathna, R. Gamage, M. Ruedi, and G. Csorba. 2022. DNA barcoding and morphological analyses reveal a cryptic species of Miniopterusfrom India and Sri Lanka. Acta Chiropterologica 24(1): 1-17. Read abstract.
Miniopterus pusillus Dobson, 1876.
Monogr. Asiatic Chiroptera p. 162.
Small Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus robustior Revilliod, 1914.
In Sarasin and Roux, Nova Caledonia, A. Zool. 1: 359.
Loyalty Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817).
Die Deutschen Fledermäuse, Hanau p. 14.
Schreiber's Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus shortridgei Laurie & Hill, 1957.
J. Mammal. 38: 128.
Shortridge's Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus sororculus Goodman, Ryan, Maminirina, Christidis & Appleton, 2007.
J. Mammal. 88(5): 1219.
Malagasy Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus srinii Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2023.
Zootaxa 5296: 233, 237.
Srini's Bent-winged Bat
India, Karnataka, Kodagu district, near Makuta, subterranean cave in Matre
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, S Karnataka (India)
CITES - Not Listed (new species). IUCN - Not Evaluated (new species).
References:
Srinivasulu, B., and A. Srinivasulu. 2023. A new species of the Miniopterus australis species complex (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5296(2): 233-249. Read abstract.
Miniopterus tristis (Waterhouse, 1845).
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1845: 3.
Great Long-fingered Bat
Miniopterus villiersi Aellen, 1956.
Bull. Inst. Français Afr. Noire, Sér. A 18: 890.
Villier's Bent-winged Bat
Guinea, Dalaba, grotte du Marché
Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Not Evaluated (new species).
Formerly included in schreibersii, but distinct; see Fahr et al. (2006) and Monadjem et al. (2019).
References:
Aellen, V. 1956. Speologica africana. Chiroptères des grottes de Guinée. Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire. Série A. Sciences naturelles 18: 884-894. Not available online.
Fahr, J., B.A. Djossa, and H. Vierhaus 2013. Rapid assessment of bats (Chiroptera) in Déré, Diécké and Mt. Béro classified forests, southeastern Guinea; Including a review of the distribution of bats in Guinée Forestière. Pages 168-247 In EE Wright, J. McCullough, LE Alonso, & MS Diallo (eds.) Rapid Biological Assessment of Three Classified Forests in Southeastern Guinea/Évaluation Biologique Rapide de Trois Forêt Classées du Sud-est de la Guinée. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment : 248 pp. Read abstract.
Monadjem, A., J.T. Shapiro, L.R. Richards, H. Karabulut, W. Crawley, I.B. Nielsen, A. Hansen, K. Bohmann, and T. Mourier. 2019. Systematics of West African Miniopterus with the description of a new species. Acta Chiropterologica 21(2): 237-256. Read abstract.
Miniopterus wilsoni Monadjem, Guyton, Naskrecki, Richards, Kropff & Dalton, 2020.
Acta Chiropterol. 22(1): 7.
Wilson's Long-fingered Bat
Mozambique, Sofala Province, Gorongosa National Park, Mount Gorongosa
Mozambique, possibly Malawi
CITES - Not Listed (new species). IUCN - Not Evaluated (new species).
References:
Monadjem, A., J Guyton, P. Naskrecki, L.R. Richards, A.S. Kropff, and D.L. Dalton. 2020. Cryptic diversity in the genus Miniopterus with the description of a new species from southern Africa. Acta Chiropterologica 22(1): 1-19. Read abstract.
Specimens from N Liberia and SE Guinea previously identified as M. inflatus are likely referable to this species (see Monadjem et al., 2020).