The Nimba long-fingered bat (Miniopterus nimbae) is a bat of the family Miniopteridae that the Mammal Diversity Database records from Guinea and Liberia, in the Afrotropical realm. It was described in 2020 by Ara Monadjem and colleagues in a study of the systematics of West African Miniopterus, and the type locality lies about 10 kilometres west of Mount Nimba at Mount Gangra in Nimba Province, Liberia, at 720 metres. The database lists its IUCN Red List status as Not Evaluated and notes that the genus was moved from the family Vespertilionidae into Miniopteridae.
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Source Nimba long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)
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Source Nimba long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distributionQuote, Species page, Country distribution
Guinea · Liberia
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Nimba long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distributionQuote, Species page, Country distribution
Guinea · Liberia
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1. Wikipedia: Miniopterus
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They are small flying insectivorous mammals
2. Nimba long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)
Species page, IUCN Red List status
IUCN Red List status Not Evaluated
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Species status Living
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Guinea · Liberia
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Species page, Taxonomy: Order
Order: Chiroptera
Child Taxon Of: Miniopteridae, Species page, Taxonomy: Family
Family: Miniopteridae
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