Aellen's long-fingered bat

Aellen's long-fingered bat (Miniopterus aelleni) is a bat of the family Miniopteridae. The Mammal Diversity Database lists it as a living species of the Afrotropical realm, with a country range of Comoros and Madagascar, and gives its IUCN Red List status as Least Concern. It was named in 2009 by Steven Goodman and colleagues in a study of the cryptic species that had been grouped under Miniopterus manavi, and the holotype came from the Ankarana Special Reserve in northern Madagascar at about 120 metres above sea level. The database also records the alternative common name Aellen's bent-winged bat and notes that the species was moved from the family Vespertilionidae into Miniopteridae.