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Large long-fingered bat

Mammals

The large long-fingered bat (Miniopterus magnater) is a bat of the family Miniopteridae that the Mammal Diversity Database places in the Australasian realm. Its recorded countries are Cambodia, China, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Thailand and Vietnam, with Brunei queried, and its range runs from northeast India and southeast China to Malaysia, the Moluccas and New Guinea. Colin Campbell Sanborn described it in 1931 from Marienberg on the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern, and the database records the alternative names large bent-winged bat, western bent-winged bat and western long-fingered bat.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Miniopteridae, Taxa
Source Large long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)
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Found In

Cambodia

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Cambodia · China
China

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Cambodia · China · East Timor
India

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East Timor · India · Indonesia
Indonesia

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India · Indonesia · Laos
Laos

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Indonesia · Laos · Malaysia
Malaysia

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Laos · Malaysia · Myanmar
Myanmar

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Source Large long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (7)
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Malaysia · Myanmar · Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea

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Source Large long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (8)
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Myanmar · Papua New Guinea · Thailand
Thailand

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Source Large long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (9)
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Papua New Guinea · Thailand · Vietnam
Timor-Leste

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Source Large long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (2)
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China · East Timor · India
Vietnam

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Source Large long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (10)
Quote, Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (10)
Thailand · Vietnam · Brunei?
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Miniopterus
WikipediaLead, genus description
Quote, Lead, genus description
They are small flying insectivorous mammals
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2. Large long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)
  • Species page, IUCN Red List status
    IUCN Red List status Least Concern
  • Species page, Species status
    Species status Living
  • Species page, Country distribution
    Cambodia · China
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives
    Cambodia · China · East Timor
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (2)
    China · East Timor · India
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (3)
    East Timor · India · Indonesia
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (4)
    India · Indonesia · Laos
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (5)
    Indonesia · Laos · Malaysia
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (6)
    Laos · Malaysia · Myanmar
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (7)
    Malaysia · Myanmar · Papua New Guinea
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (8)
    Myanmar · Papua New Guinea · Thailand
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (9)
    Papua New Guinea · Thailand · Vietnam
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (10)
    Thailand · Vietnam · Brunei?
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Species page, Taxonomy: Order
    Order: Chiroptera
  • Child Taxon Of: Miniopteridae, Species page, Taxonomy: Family
    Family: Miniopteridae
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