Wilson's long-fingered bat

Wilson's long-fingered bat
Scientific 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. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The species inhabits the mountains of central and northern Mozambique and southern Malawi. ^{[2] [4]}

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. Nhacote, Luis (August 2020). "Moz24h | Moz24Horas | Moçambique". Moz24h | Moz24Horas | Moçambique (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
3. "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
4. SAPO. "Parque da Gorongosa descobre nova espécie de morcego". SAPO Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-19.

Bibliography

• Monadjem, Ara; Guyton, Jen; Naskrecki, Piotr; Richards, Leigh R.; Kropff, Anna S.; Dalton, Desire L. (2020). "Cryptic diversity in the genus Miniopterus with the description of a new species from southern Africa" (PDF). Acta Chiropterologica. 1. 22. Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS: 1–19. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2020.22.1.001. ISSN   1508-1109. S2CID   221472045 . Retrieved August 20, 2020.