Mozambique long-fingered bat
| Mozambique long-fingered bat | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Miniopteridae |
| Genus: | Miniopterus |
| Species: | M. mossambicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Miniopterus mossambicus Monadjem, Goodman, Stanley & Appleton, 2013
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The Mozambique long-fingered bat (Miniopterus mossambicus) is a species of bat within the family Miniopteridae.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The species name mossambicus stands for the country the type series was collected in, Mozambique.[1]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]The Mozambique long-fingered bat's distribution is in Africa within countries such as Kenya, Namibia, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, and other countries in East Africa at elevations of 420 to 1800 meters.[2][3]
The holotype was collected in a mist net that was placed over a swimming pool at the Bamboo Inn, on the outskirts of Nampula, at an altitude of 420 meters. A paratype was also caught shortly afterwards in the same mist net settup.[1]
Behavior and ecology
[edit | edit source]The species is nocturnal and uses caves and mines during the day as roosts.[2][3]
References
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