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Sandy long-fingered bat

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The sandy long-fingered bat (Miniopterus arenarius) is a bat of the family Miniopteridae that the Mammal Diversity Database records from Ethiopia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, in the Afrotropical realm. It was first described by Edmund Heller in 1912 as a race of Miniopterus natalensis, with a type locality at Nanyuki on the Ewaso Ng'iro River in what was then British East Africa and is now Kenya. It has since been split from that species. Its IUCN Red List status is recorded as Not Evaluated, and the database also gives the alternative common name sandy bent-winged bat.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Miniopteridae, Taxa
Source Sandy long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

In Biome

Savanna, Biomes
Source Sandy long-fingered bat (Wikipedia)
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Found In

Ethiopia

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Source Sandy long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distribution
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Ethiopia · Kenya
Kenya

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Ethiopia · Kenya · Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

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Quote, Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (2)
Kenya · Saudi Arabia · Somalia
Somalia

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Source Sandy long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (3)
Quote, Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (3)
Saudi Arabia · Somalia · South Sudan
South Sudan

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Source Sandy long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (4)
Quote, Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (4)
Somalia · South Sudan · Yemen
Yemen

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Source Sandy long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (5)
Quote, Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (5)
South Sudan · Yemen
Sources
1. Sandy long-fingered bat (Wikipedia)
Distribution and ecology
Quote, Distribution and ecology
Most species of Miniopterus are insectivores and mainly eat insects.
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2. Sandy long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)
  • Species page, IUCN Red List status
    IUCN Red List status Not Evaluated
  • Species page, Species status
    Species status Living
  • Species page, Country distribution
    Ethiopia · Kenya
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives
    Ethiopia · Kenya · Saudi Arabia
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (2)
    Kenya · Saudi Arabia · Somalia
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (3)
    Saudi Arabia · Somalia · South Sudan
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (4)
    Somalia · South Sudan · Yemen
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (5)
    South Sudan · Yemen
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Species page, Taxonomy: Order
    Order: Chiroptera
  • Child Taxon Of: Miniopteridae, Species page, Taxonomy: Family
    Family: Miniopteridae
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