Mozambique long-fingered bat

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Mozambique long-fingered bat
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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. Its 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. It is nocturnal and uses uses caves and mines during the day as roosts. [1] [2] 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. The species name mossambicus stands for the country the type series was collected in, Mozambique. [3]

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References

  1. "Miniopterus mossambicus Monadjem, Goodman, Stanley & Appleton, 2013". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  2. "Miniopterus mossambicus Monadjem, Goodman, Stanley & Appleton 2013 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  3. "Miniopterus mossambicus Monadjem & Goodman & Stanley & Appleton 2013, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2022-12-18.