Miniopterus griveaudi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Miniopteridae
Genus: Miniopterus
Species: Miniopterus griveaudi

Name

Miniopterus griveaudi Harrison, 1959

• Holotype: BMNH 1967.1231 (formerly HZM 3.2803), adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Paul Griveaud on 10 August 1958.
• Type locality: “Grande Comore Island, Comoro Islands, Indian Ocean”.

Combinations

• Miniopterus minor griveaudi Harrison, 1959: 192 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Miniopterus manavi: Peterson, Eger & Mitchell, 1995: 135 [synonymised within M. manavi]
• Miniopterus manavi griveaudi: Simmons, 2005: 520 [subsequent combination, as subspecies]
• Miniopterus griveaudi: Juste, Ferrández, Fa, Masefield & Ibáñez, 2007: 32 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Native distribution areas

• Comoros Islands: Grand Comore and Anjouan.
• Madagascar: northern and central western parts

References

Primary references

• Harrison, D.L. 1959. A new subspecies of lesser long-winged bat Miniopterus minor Peters, 1867, from the Comoro Islands. Durban Museum Novitates 5(15): 191–196. DOI: 10.10520/AJA0012723X_1664 Reference page. 
• Peterson, R.L., Eger, J.L. & Mitchell, L. 1995. Chiroptères. Faune de Madagascar 84: 1–204. Archive Reference page. 
• Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312–529 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• Juste, J., Ferrández, A., Fa, J.E., Masefield, W. & Ibáñez, C. 2007. Taxonomy of little bent-winged bats (Miniopterus, Miniopteridae) from the African islands of São Tomé, Grand Comoro and Madagascar, based on based on mtDNA. Acta Chiropterologica 9(1): 27–37. DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[27:TOLBBM]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Weyeneth, N., Goodman, S.M., Stanley, W.T. & Ruedi, M. 2008. The biogeography of Miniopterus bats (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from the Comoro Archipelago inferred from mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Ecology 17(24): 5205–5219. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03994.x Reference page. 
• Goodman, S.M., Maminirina, C.P., Weyeneth, N., Bradman, H.M., Christidis, L., Ruedi, M. & Appleton, B. 2009. The use of molecular and morphological characters to resolve the taxonomic identity of cryptic species: the case of Miniopterus manavi (Chiroptera, Miniopteridae). Zoologica Scripta 38(4): 339–363. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00377.x Reference page. 

Links

• Juste, J. 2019. IUCN: Miniopterus griveaudi  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T136752A22035638. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T136752A22035638.en. Accessed on 11 June 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Griveaud's Long-fingered Bat