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Miniopterus mahafaliensis

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0.3 in), averaging 6.3 mm (0.25 in); tragus length was 5 to 6 mm (0.2 to 0.2 in), averaging 5.8 mm (0.23 in); ear length was 9 to 11 mm (about 0.4 in), averaging 9.4 mm (0.37 in); forearm length was 35 to 40 mm (1.4 to 1.6 in), averaging 37.4 mm (1.47 in); and body mass was 3.8 to 7.3 g (0.13 to 0.26 oz), averaging 4.9 g (0.17 oz). There is no evidence for substantial
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In 66 to 74 specimens measured by Goodman and colleagues, total length was 87 to 96 mm (3.4 to 3.8 in), averaging 91.1 mm (3.59 in); tail length was 38 to 48 mm (1.5 to 1.9 in), averaging 42.4 mm (1.67 in); hindfoot length is 6 to 7 mm (0.2 to
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The use of molecular phylogenetic and morphological tools to identify cryptic and paraphyletic species: Examples from the diminutive long-fingered bats (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae:
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data published in 2008 and 2009 indicate that this supposed species in fact consists of five separate species, including the newly described
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in both upper toothrows and two incisors, one canine, two premolars, and three molars in the lower toothrows). As is characteristic of
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The use of molecular and morphological characters to resolve the taxonomic identity of cryptic species: the case of
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Goodman, S.M., Maminirina, C.P., Weyeneth, N., Bradman, H.M., Christidis, L., Ruedi, M. and Appleton, B. 2009a.
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are darker. The ears are partially haired above, but virtually naked below and end in a rounded tip. The
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In the skull, the rostrum (front part) is relatively long and line-shaped. The central groove in the
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bats (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from the Comoro Archipelago inferred from mitochondrial DNA
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with a broad distribution on both Madagascar and the Comoros. In 2008 and 2009, however,
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was described as a new species in the second 2009 paper by Goodman and colleagues. The
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generally feed on insects, breed seasonally, and roost in large colonies in caves.
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have revealed that the widely distributed African, Eurasian, and Australian genus
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is much more species-rich than previously thought. In a 1995 contribution to
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on Malagasy bats, Randolph Peterson and colleagues listed four species of
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A bat in the genus Miniopterus that occurs in southwestern Madagascar
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differed from each other by a maximum of 2.2% in their cytochrome
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Weyeneth, N., Goodman, S.M., Stanley, W.T. and Ruedi, M. 2008.
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and colleagues presented evidence that the former concept of
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in southwestern Madagascar. The five recognized species of
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ethnic group of the region. Analysis of sequences of the
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is most closely related to another Malagasy species,
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in the Comoros and northern and western Madagascar,
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Weyeneth et al., 2008; Goodman et al., 2009a, 2009b
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Little is known of the ecology of 603:, in a cave in savanna habitat near 2250:IUCN Red List least concern species 1791:Southeast Asian long-fingered bat ( 771: 756:Goodman et al., 2009b, table 3 669: 13: 1899:Mainland Africa and nearby islands 684:Goodman et al., 2009b, fig. 2 634:Goodman et al., 2009a, p. 340 14: 2271: 747:Goodman et al., 2009b, p. 22 735:Goodman et al., 2009b, p. 21 714:Goodman et al., 2009b, p. 20 696:Goodman et al., 2009b, p. 27 666:Goodman et al., 2009b, p. 28 1877:Shortridge's long-fingered bat ( 1816:Intermediate long-fingered bat ( 675:Goodman et al., 2009b, p. 9 607:, and in unspecified habitat at 239:. The species has been found in 66: 759: 750: 2054:Peterson's long-fingered bat ( 2013:Griffith's long-fingered bat ( 1841:Philippine long-fingered bat ( 717: 678: 646: 637: 438: 435:structure within the species. 255:, in southwestern Madagascar. 1: 622: 309:on Madagascar and the nearby 1825:Australasian bent-wing bat ( 223:that occurs in southwestern 7: 2036:Major's long-fingered bat ( 1924:Greater long-fingered bat ( 1906:African long-fingered bat ( 783:(Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) 593:Kirindy Mitea National Park 517:is concave, not flat as in 284: 10: 2276: 2045:Manavi long-fingered bat ( 2004:Glen's long-fingered bat ( 1915:Lesser long-fingered bat ( 961:Rousettus madagascariensis 809:Walker's Bats of the World 501:is relatively narrow. The 335:distinct species of small 2260:Mammals described in 2009 2122:Miniopterus mahafaliensis 2092:Miniopterus mahafaliensis 2090: 1975: 1956:Natal long-fingered bat ( 1947:Least long-fingered bat ( 1898: 1859:Loyalty bent-winged bat ( 1807:Western bent-winged bat ( 1765: 1719: 1681: 1591: 1562: 1526: 1504: 1482: 1473: 1432:Miniopterus mahafaliensis 1375: 1349: 1327: 1305: 1276: 1240: 1231: 1189: 1176:Nycteris madagascariensis 1154: 1128: 1099: 1079: 1070: 1038: 1011: 983: 974: 948: 926: 904: 895: 874: 829:(subscription required). 802:American Museum Novitates 785:(subscription required). 577:Miniopterus mahafaliensis 533:has 36 teeth in the 531:Miniopterus mahafaliensis 446:is a small, short-tailed 444:Miniopterus mahafaliensis 381:Miniopterus mahafaliensis 327:in fact encompassed five 259:Miniopterus mahafaliensis 207:Miniopterus mahafaliensis 198:Miniopterus mahafaliensis 196:Collection localities of 195: 186: 172:Miniopterus mahafaliensis 168: 161: 63:Scientific classification 61: 39: 30: 25:Miniopterus mahafaliensis 23: 1539:Neoromicia malagasyensis 1404:Miniopterus brachytragos 1340:Otomops madagascariensis 571:Distribution and ecology 456:Miniopterus brachytragos 1886:Great bent-winged bat ( 1850:Small bent-winged bat ( 1782:Eastern bent-wing bat ( 1575:Pipistrellus hesperidus 1002:Hipposideros commersoni 527:posterior palatal spine 251:, as well as more open 1976:Madagascar and Comoros 1868:Common bent-wing bat ( 1773:Little bent-wing bat ( 1625:Scotophilus tandrefana 1604:Scotophilus borbonicus 1460:Miniopterus sororculus 1418:Miniopterus griffithsi 1260:Chaerephon leucogaster 423:. Although samples of 395:, which refers to the 313:, including the small 1766:Eurasia and Australia 1453:Miniopterus petersoni 1425:Miniopterus griveaudi 1318:Mormopterus jugularis 1141:Taphozous mauritianus 1030:Paratriaenops furcula 1023:Paratriaenops auritus 613:M. mahafaliensis 425:M. mahafaliensis 367:M. mahafaliensis 237:M. mahafaliensis 154:M. mahafaliensis 1618:Scotophilus robustus 1611:Scotophilus marovaza 1553:Neoromicia melckorum 1218:Myzopoda schliemanni 995:Hipposideros besaoka 823:The biogeography of 476:M. brachytragos 450:with long and dense 415:M. brachytragos 413:gene suggested that 387:is derived from the 375:convergent evolution 362:M. brachytragos 1582:Pipistrellus raceyi 1397:Miniopterus aelleni 1253:Chaerephon jobimena 1119:Emballonura tiavato 765:Nowak, 1994, p. 222 601:Isalo National Park 302:Faune de Madagascar 33:Conservation status 1546:Neoromicia matroka 1446:Miniopterus manavi 1439:Miniopterus majori 1362:Tadarida fulminans 1267:Chaerephon pumilus 1112:Emballonura atrata 1057:Triaenops menamena 1050:Triaenops goodmani 868:Bats of Madagascar 807:Nowak, R.M. 1994. 781:Miniopterus manavi 420:M. sororculus 316:Miniopterus manavi 289:During the 2000s, 261:is a small, brown 229:Miniopterus manavi 2237: 2236: 2222:Open Tree of Life 2084:Taxon identifiers 2073: 2072: 1671:Species of genus 1638: 1637: 1634: 1633: 1495:Hypsugo anchietae 1469: 1468: 1411:Miniopterus gleni 1371: 1370: 1227: 1226: 1185: 1184: 1150: 1149: 1066: 1065: 970: 969: 917:Eidolon dupreanum 891: 890: 831:Molecular Ecology 817:978-0-8018-4986-2 787:Zoologica Scripta 615:, but species of 484:M. griveaudi 350:M. griveaudi 345:Central Highlands 339:. These included 291:molecular studies 203: 202: 56: 2267: 2230: 2229: 2217: 2216: 2204: 2203: 2191: 2190: 2178: 2177: 2165: 2164: 2152: 2151: 2139: 2138: 2126: 2125: 2124: 2111: 2110: 2109: 2079: 2078: 2030:M. mahafaliensis 1991:M. ambohitrensis 1665: 1658: 1651: 1642: 1641: 1480: 1479: 1475:Vespertilionidae 1382: 1381: 1289:Mops leucostigma 1238: 1237: 1196: 1195: 1161: 1160: 1077: 1076: 981: 980: 902: 901: 879: 878: 861: 854: 847: 838: 837: 772:Literature cited 766: 763: 757: 754: 748: 745: 736: 733: 724: 721: 715: 712: 697: 694: 685: 682: 676: 673: 667: 664: 653: 650: 644: 641: 635: 632: 546: 545: 544: 541: 499:nasal depression 397:Mahafaly Plateau 191: 174: 71: 70: 50: 45: 44: 21: 20: 2275: 2274: 2270: 2269: 2268: 2266: 2265: 2264: 2240: 2239: 2238: 2233: 2225: 2220: 2212: 2207: 2199: 2194: 2186: 2181: 2173: 2168: 2160: 2155: 2147: 2142: 2134: 2129: 2120: 2119: 2114: 2105: 2104: 2099: 2086: 2074: 2069: 1998:M. brachytragos 1971: 1934:M. maghrebensis 1894: 1870:M. schreibersii 1761: 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48:Least Concern 38: 34: 29: 26: 22: 19: 2091: 2075: 2062: 2056:M. petersoni 2055: 2046: 2037: 2029: 2028: 2023:M. griveaudi 2021: 2014: 2005: 1996: 1989: 1982: 1964: 1957: 1948: 1939: 1932: 1925: 1916: 1908:M. africanus 1907: 1887: 1878: 1869: 1861:M. robustior 1860: 1851: 1842: 1833: 1826: 1817: 1808: 1799: 1792: 1783: 1775:M. australis 1774: 1754: 1747: 1740: 1733: 1726: 1672: 1623: 1616: 1609: 1602: 1592: 1580: 1573: 1565:Pipistrellus 1563: 1551: 1544: 1537: 1527: 1515: 1505: 1493: 1483: 1458: 1451: 1444: 1437: 1431: 1430: 1423: 1416: 1409: 1402: 1395: 1385: 1360: 1350: 1338: 1328: 1316: 1306: 1294: 1287: 1277: 1265: 1258: 1251: 1241: 1216: 1209: 1199: 1174: 1164: 1139: 1129: 1117: 1110: 1100: 1091:Coleura afra 1089: 1080: 1055: 1048: 1039: 1028: 1021: 1012: 1000: 993: 986:Hipposideros 984: 959: 949: 937: 927: 915: 905: 897:Pteropodidae 830: 824: 808: 801: 795: 786: 780: 761: 752: 719: 680: 671: 648: 639: 630: 616: 612: 581:spiny forest 576: 574: 564: 530: 522: 518: 496: 488: 483: 479: 475: 471: 459: 455: 447: 443: 442: 428: 424: 418: 414: 409: 392: 380: 379: 370: 366: 360: 354: 348: 340: 336: 324: 314: 306: 300: 294: 288: 262: 258: 257: 236: 228: 218: 206: 205: 204: 197: 181:et al., 2009 171: 169: 153: 152: 140: 24: 18: 2157:iNaturalist 2116:Wikispecies 1926:M. inflatus 1852:M. pusillus 1843:M. paululus 1835:M. pallidus 1809:M. magnater 1735:M. fossilis 1674:Miniopterus 1594:Scotophilus 1387:Miniopterus 1308:Mormopterus 1191:Myzopodidae 1102:Emballonura 825:Miniopterus 796:Miniopterus 789:38:339–363. 617:Miniopterus 565:Miniopterus 468:uropatagium 460:Miniopterus 448:Miniopterus 439:Description 408:cytochrome 337:Miniopterus 333:molecularly 307:Miniopterus 296:Miniopterus 271:uropatagium 263:Miniopterus 220:Miniopterus 141:Miniopterus 2244:Categories 1984:M. aelleni 1966:M. newtoni 1888:M. tristis 1827:M. orianae 1742:M. rummeli 1705:Chiroptera 1529:Neoromicia 1296:Mops midas 1243:Chaerephon 1233:Molossidae 1156:Nycteridae 804:3669:1–34. 623:References 591:, and the 585:dry forest 559:, and two 225:Madagascar 120:Chiroptera 2047:M. manavi 2038:M. majori 1818:M. medius 1793:M. fuscus 1756:M. zapfei 1685:Kingdom: 1131:Taphozous 1041:Triaenops 951:Rousettus 557:premolars 233:molecular 148:Species: 86:Kingdom: 80:Eukaryota 2188:81629764 2136:12135191 2107:Q6865669 2101:Wikidata 2006:M. gleni 1949:M. minor 1709:Family: 1699:Mammalia 1693:Chordata 1691:Phylum: 1687:Animalia 1352:Tadarida 1201:Myzopoda 1166:Nycteris 929:Pteropus 555:, three 549:incisors 401:Mahafaly 393:Mahafaly 389:Malagasy 285:Taxonomy 253:habitats 126:Family: 110:Mammalia 100:Chordata 96:Phylum: 90:Animalia 76:Domain: 53:IUCN 3.1 2201:1005120 2149:7645489 1720:Fossils 1703:Order: 1697:Class: 1485:Hypsugo 1330:Otomops 1082:Coleura 907:Eidolon 886:Species 609:Betroka 547:(three 543:3.1.3.3 540:2.1.2.3 311:Comoros 279:concave 214:in the 179:Goodman 136:Genus: 116:Order: 106:Class: 51: ( 2227:890864 2214:647620 2175:947357 2162:194020 1749:M. tao 1507:Myotis 875:Family 815:  561:molars 553:canine 551:, one 515:palate 464:tragus 275:palate 267:tragus 247:, and 231:, but 882:Genus 605:Ihosy 391:word 245:spiny 216:genus 210:is a 2209:NCBI 2183:IUCN 2170:ITIS 2144:GBIF 1279:Mops 813:ISBN 583:and 521:and 482:and 474:and 353:and 331:and 2196:MDD 2131:EoL 599:in 452:fur 277:is 241:dry 212:bat 2246:: 2224:: 2211:: 2198:: 2185:: 2172:: 2159:: 2146:: 2133:: 2118:: 2103:: 800:. 740:^ 728:^ 701:^ 689:^ 657:^ 529:. 494:. 377:. 347:, 281:. 243:, 2058:) 2049:) 2040:) 2017:) 2008:) 1960:) 1951:) 1928:) 1919:) 1910:) 1890:) 1881:) 1872:) 1863:) 1854:) 1845:) 1829:) 1820:) 1811:) 1795:) 1786:) 1777:) 1664:e 1657:t 1650:v 1047:† 992:† 860:e 853:t 846:v 429:b 410:b 55:)

Index

Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Miniopteridae
Miniopterus
Binomial name
Goodman

bat
genus
Miniopterus
Madagascar
molecular
dry
spiny
gallery forest
habitats
tragus
uropatagium
palate
concave
molecular studies
Miniopterus

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