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Miniopterus (bend-winged bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Taxonomy
Miniopterus was named by Bonaparte (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Vespertilionidae by Kurten (1968), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Burney et al. (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Miniopterus Bonaparte
1968Miniopterus Kurten p. 55
1980Miniopterus Kurten and Anderson
2008Miniopterus Burney et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
genusMiniopterusBonaparte 1837

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Miniopterus Bonaparte 1837 [bend-winged bat]
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Miniopterus approximatus Woloszyn 1987
Miniopterus fossilis Zapfe 1950
Miniopterus tao Woloszyn 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available