Wilson's long-fingered bat

Wilson's long-fingered bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Miniopteridae
Genus: Miniopterus
Species:
M. wilsoni
Binomial name
Miniopterus wilsoni
Monadjem, Guiton, Naskrecki, Richards, Kropff & Dalton, 2020

Wilson's long-fingered bat (Miniopterus wilsoni) is a species of bat described in 2020 from Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. The name M. wilsoni refers to American evolutionary biologist Edward O. Wilson. The species inhabits the mountains of central and northern Mozambique and southern Malawi.

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References

  1. ↑ Monadjem, Ara; Guyton, Jen; Naskrecki, Piotr; Richards, Leigh R.; Kropff, Anna S.; Dalton, Desire L. (September 2020). "Cryptic Diversity in the Genus Miniopterus with the Description of a New Species from Southern Africa". Acta Chiropterologica. 22 (1): 1–19. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2020.22.1.001. ISSN 1508-1109. S2CID 221472045.
  2. 1 2 Nhacote, Luis (August 2020). "Descoberta nova espécie de morcego no Parque Nacional da Gorongosa" [New bat species discovered in Gorongosa National Park]. Moz24h | Moz24Horas | Moçambique (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  3. ↑ "Miniopterus wilsoni". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  4. ↑ SAPO. "Parque da Gorongosa descobre nova espécie de morcego". SAPO Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-19.[permanent dead link]