Miniopterus oceanensis
Australasian bent-wing bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Miniopteridae |
Genus: | Miniopterus |
Species: | M. oceanensis |
Binomial name | |
Miniopterus oceanensis Maeda. 1982 | |
The Australasian bent-wing bat (Miniopterus oceanensis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Australia and in Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
This species was once considered a subspecies of Common bent-wing bat. It is now accepted that the Australasian bent-winged bat and the Eastern bent-winged bat are two distinct species.
References
External sources
- http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0c0af9bd393b488b914b6030c9ac6722
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74628-Miniopterus-oceanensis
- http://bie.ala.org.au/species/MINIOPTERUS+SCHREIBERSII+OCEANENSIS
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