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Villiers's long-fingered bat

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Villiers's long-fingered bat (Miniopterus villiersi) is a bat of the family Miniopteridae that the Mammal Diversity Database records from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, in the Afrotropical realm. Villy Aellen described it in 1956 as Miniopterus inflatus villiersi from the Marche cave at Dalaba in what was then French Guinea, and the database treats it as a species split from Miniopterus schreibersii. Its IUCN Red List status is recorded as Not Evaluated, and the database also gives the alternative common name Villiers's bent-winged bat.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 2
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Child Taxon Of

Miniopteridae, Taxa
Source Villiers's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)
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Source Villiers's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distribution
Quote, Species page, Country distribution
Guinea · Liberia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Villiers's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distribution, where it lives
Quote, Species page, Country distribution, where it lives
Guinea · Liberia · Sierra Leone

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Villiers's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (2)
Quote, Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (2)
Liberia · Sierra Leone
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Miniopterus
WikipediaLead, genus description
Quote, Lead, genus description
They are small flying insectivorous mammals
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2. Villiers's 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
    Guinea · Liberia
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives
    Guinea · Liberia · Sierra Leone
  • Species page, Country distribution, where it lives (2)
    Liberia · Sierra Leone
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Species page, Taxonomy: Order
    Order: Chiroptera
  • Child Taxon Of: Miniopteridae, Species page, Taxonomy: Family
    Family: Miniopteridae
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