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Species of bat From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Griffith's long-fingered bat (Miniopterus griffithsi) is a bat in the genus Miniopterus which occurs in southern Madagascar.[2] M. griffithsi was previously a part of the largest family of bats, the Vespertilionidae, which consist of five subfamilies.[3] The bat family Miniopteridae is widely distributed, ranging from the majority of sub-Saharan Africa to north Africa and Eurasia, as well as southern and southeastern Asia and Australia.[3] Typical features of these bats include elongated third fingers, long narrow wings giving them a pointed shape when in flight, and a bent shape when folded, adding to the common name of bent-wing bats. M. griffithsi is similar to its sister species Miniopterus gleni, which lives north of the Onilahy River, while M. giffithsi lives south of it.[2] Researchers first discovered that M. griffithsi was separate from M. gleni based on phylogeographic studies of the latter.[2]
Griffith's long-fingered bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Miniopteridae |
Genus: | Miniopterus |
Species: | M. griffithsi |
Binomial name | |
Miniopterus griffithsi Goodman et al., 2010 | |
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