Taxa

Miniopteridae

Mammal Families

Miniopteridae, the bent-winged bats or long-fingered bats, is a family of insectivorous bats found across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. They are named for an unusually long second finger bone that folds the wingtip back over the rest of the wing at rest. Bent-winged bats typically roost in large colonies in caves and undertake extensive seasonal movements between roosting and maternity sites.

Facts

Taxonomic Rank

Family 2

Member Count Band

10 to 100 Species 3

Era First Appeared

Neogene 4

Classification

Living or Extinct

Yes 1

Connections

Parent Taxon Of

Aellen's long-fingered bat

Source Mammal Diversity Database: Miniopterus aelleni

African long-fingered bat

Source African long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Asian long-fingered bat

Source Asian long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Australian long-fingered bat

Source Australian long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Eger's long-fingered bat

Source Eger's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Eschscholtz's long-fingered bat

Source Eschscholtz's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Glen's long-fingered bat

Source Glen's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Great long-fingered bat

Source Great long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Greater long-fingered bat

Source Greater long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Griffiths's long-fingered bat

Source Griffiths's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Griveaud's long-fingered bat

Source Griveaud's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Intermediate long-fingered bat

Source Intermediate long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Javanese long-fingered bat

Source Wikipedia: Miniopterus

Large long-fingered bat

Source Large long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Least long-fingered bat

Source Least long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Lesser long-fingered bat

Source Lesser long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Little long-fingered bat

Source Little long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Loyalty long-fingered bat

Source Loyalty long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Madagascar long-fingered bat

Source Madagascar long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Maghrebian long-fingered bat

Source Maghrebian long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Mahafaly long-fingered bat

Source Mahafaly long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Major's long-fingered bat

Source Major's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Manavi long-fingered bat

Source Manavi long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Montagne d'Ambre long-fingered bat

Source Montagne d'Ambre long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Mozambican long-fingered bat

Source Mozambican long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Natal long-fingered bat

Source Natal long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Newton's long-fingered bat

Source Newton's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Nimba long-fingered bat

Source Nimba long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Pallid long-fingered bat

Source Pallid long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Peterson's long-fingered bat

Source Peterson's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Philippine long-fingered bat

Source Philippine long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Ryukyu long-fingered bat

Source Ryukyu long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Sandy long-fingered bat

Source Sandy long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Schreibers's long-fingered bat

Source Schreibers's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Shortridge's long-fingered bat

Source Shortridge's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Small long-fingered bat

Source Small long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Small Melanesian long-fingered bat

Source Small Melanesian long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Sororcula long-fingered bat

Source Sororcula long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Villiers's long-fingered bat

Source Villiers's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Wilson's long-fingered bat

Source Wilson's long-fingered bat (Mammal Diversity Database)

Sources

1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)

Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ20722175, descriptionView the Source

2. Wikipedia: Miniopterus

Wikipedia

Introduction
Miniopterus, known as the bent-winged or long winged bats, is the sole genus of the family Miniopteridae.
Parent Taxon Of: Javanese long-fingered bat, Lead, genus and family
is the sole genus of the family Miniopteridae