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Bent-winged Bats
Miniopterus
Miniopterus, known as the bent-winged or long winged bats, is the sole genus of the family Miniopteridae. They are small flying insectivorous mammals, micro-bats of the order Chiroptera, with wings over twice the length of the body. The genus had been placed in its own subfamily among the vespertilionid bats, as Miniopterinae, but is now classified as its own family.
42 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 42 known species
Schreibers' Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus schreibersii
Eastern Bent-winged Bat
speciesMiniopterus fuliginosus
Little Bent-winged Bat
speciesMiniopterus australis
Australian Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus orianae
Natal Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus natalensis
Maghrebian Bent-wing Bat
speciesMiniopterus maghrebensis
Western Bent-winged Bat
speciesMiniopterus magnater
Small Bent-winged Bat
speciesMiniopterus pusillus
Major's Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus majori
Greater Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus inflatus
Least Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus minor
Newton's Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus newtoni
Glen's Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus gleni
Great Bent-winged Bat
speciesMiniopterus tristis
Eger's Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus egeri
Aellen's Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus aelleni
Villiers' Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus villiersi
Southeast Asian Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus fuscus
Philippine Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus paululus
Griveaud's Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus griveaudi
Medium Bent-winged Bat
speciesMiniopterus medius
Mozambican Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus mossambicus
African Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus africanus
Manavi Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus manavi
Loyalty Bent-winged Bat
speciesMiniopterus robustior
Phillips's Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus phillipsi
Small Melanesian Bent-winged Bat
speciesMiniopterus macrocneme
Sororcula Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus sororculus
Montagne d’Ambre Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus ambohitrensis
Wilson's Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus wilsoni
Lesser Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus fraterculus
Madagascar Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus brachytragos
Pallid Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus pallidus
Mahafaly Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus mahafaliensis
Shortridge's Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus shortridgei
Peterson's Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus petersoni
Griffiths' Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus griffithsi
Nimba Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus nimbae
Eschscholtz's Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus eschscholtzii
Javanese Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus blepotis
Sandy Long-fingered Bat
speciesMiniopterus arenarius
Miniopterus srinii
speciesMiniopterus srinii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40585.