| Mozambique long-fingered bat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Miniopteridae |
| Genus: | Miniopterus |
| Species: | M. mossambicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Miniopterus mossambicus Monadjem, Goodman, Stanley & Appleton, 2013 | |
The Mozambique long-fingered bat (Miniopterus mossambicus) is a species of bat within the family Miniopteridae.
The species name mossambicus stands for the country the type series was collected in, Mozambique. [1]
The Mozambique long-fingered bat's distribution is in Africa within countries such as Kenya, Namibia, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, and other countries in East Africa at elevations of 420 to 1800 meters. [2] [3]
The holotype was collected in a mist net that was placed over a swimming pool at the Bamboo Inn, on the outskirts of Nampula, at an altitude of 420 meters. A paratype was also caught shortly afterwards in the same mist net settup. [1]
The species is nocturnal and uses caves and mines during the day as roosts. [2] [3]