Peterson's long-fingered bat

Peterson's long-fingered bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. It was described by Steven M. Goodman et al. in 2008. 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.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 3 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, Bibcode:2008MamBi..73..199G, doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2007.12.003