Peterson's long-fingered bat

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Peterson's long-fingered bat
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Miniopteridae
Genus:	Miniopterus
Species:	M. petersoni
Binomial name
*Miniopterus petersoni* Goodman et al., 2008

Miniopterus petersoni range

Peterson's long-fingered bat (Miniopterus petersoni) is a bat in the genus Miniopterus which occurs in southeast Madagascar.^[2] It was described by Steven M. Goodman et al. in 2008.^[2] While M. petersoni is similar to M. sororculus, the two species are not closely related to each other, and possess a number of differing external and cranial characteristics.^[2]

References

^ Jenkins, R.K.B.; Rakotoarivelo, A. (2019). "Miniopterus petersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T81633135A22035230. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T81633135A22035230.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Goodman, Steven M; Bradman, Helen M; Maminirina, Claudette P; Ryan, Kate E; Christidis, Les L; Appleton, Belinda (2008), "A new species of Miniopterus (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from lowland southeastern Madagascar", Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde, 73 (3): 199, doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2007.12.003

v t e Species of genus Miniopterus
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Miniopteridae
Fossils	M. approximatus M. fossilis M. rummeli M. tao M. zapfei
Eurasia and Australia	Little bent-wing bat (M. australis) Eastern bent-wing bat (M. fuliginosus) Southeast Asian long-fingered bat (M. fuscus) M. macrocneme Western bent-winged bat (M. magnater) Intermediate long-fingered bat (M. medius) Australasian bent-wing bat (M. orianae) M. pallidus Philippine long-fingered bat (M. paululus) Small bent-winged bat (M. pusillus) Loyalty bent-winged bat (M. robustior) Common bent-wing bat (M. schreibersii) Shortridge's long-fingered bat (M. shortridgei) Great bent-winged bat (M. tristis)
Mainland Africa and nearby islands	African long-fingered bat (M. africanus) Lesser long-fingered bat (M. fraterculus) Greater long-fingered bat (M. inflatus) M. maghrebensis M. mossambicus Least long-fingered bat (M. minor) Natal long-fingered bat (M. natalensis) M. newtoni
Madagascar and Comoros	M. aelleni M. ambohitrensis M. brachytragos Glen's long-fingered bat (M. gleni) Griffith's long-fingered bat (M. griffithsi) M. griveaudi M. mahafaliensis Major's long-fingered bat (M. majori) Manavi long-fingered bat (M. manavi) Peterson's long-fingered bat (M. petersoni) M. sororculus

Taxon identifiers
Miniopterus petersoni	Wikidata: Q1986736 Wikispecies: Miniopterus petersoni GBIF: 5787702 iNaturalist: 183171 ITIS: 947274 IUCN: 136788 MDD: 1005132 NCBI: 647617 Open Tree of Life: 316419

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