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--> SUBFAMILY Miniopterinae
--> GENUS Miniopterus
SPECIES Miniopterus magnater
Author: | Sanborn, 1931. | Citation: | Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 18: 26. | Common Name: | Western Long-fingered Bat | Type Locality: | Papua New Guinea, E Sepik, Marienberg. | Distribution: | NE India, SE China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam to Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Timor (Indonesia), Borneo, Moluccas, and New Guinea including the Bismarck Arch. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Reviewed by Hill (1983) and Corbet and Hill (1992). May also include bismarckensis, here listed as a synonym of tristis following Koopman (1993); see discussion in Hill (1983). See also Flannery (1995a) and Bonaccorso (1998). Some specimens from SE Asia previously identified as schrebersii may represent magnater; see Hendrichsen et al. (2001b). |
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