Miniopterus Bonaparte 1837 (bend-winged bat)
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Mammalia - Chiroptera - Miniopteridae
Parent taxon: Miniopteridae according to K. E. Samonds et al. 2025
See also Burney et al. 2008, Kurten 1968 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Miniopterus approximatus Miniopterus fossilis Miniopterus schreibersi Miniopterus tao
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections), China (2), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), France (1), Hungary (2), Israel (3), Italy (2), Madagascar (3), South Africa (2), Spain (5), Zambia (3)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1), Poland (1), South Africa (2)
• Miocene of Madagascar (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1)
Total: 35 collections including 38 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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