Miniopterus pallidus

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Miniopterus pallidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Miniopteridae
Genus: Miniopterus
Species:
M. pallidus
Binomial name
Miniopterus pallidus
Thomas, 1907

Miniopterus pallidus, the pale bent-wing bat, is a species of bat found in Middle-East. Until 2010, it was considered as a sub-species of M. schreibersii.[2]

Range and habitat

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Distribution of Miniopterus schreibersii species complex

The species was clearly identified in Turkey,[3] but Miniopterus schreibersii pallidus was also recorded in others countries in the Middle East, Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

So far, the species was only recorded in caves,[4] but it is possible that different type of underground roosts are used by this species during the year, as for Miniopterus schreibersii.

Conservation

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This species is listed in the Berne Convention and is specifically targeted by the UNEP-EUROBATS convention.[5]

References

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  2. ^ Furman, A., Postawa, T., Öztunç, T., & Çoraman, E. 2010
  3. ^ Bilgin et al. 2012
  4. ^ Postawa, T., & Furman, A. 2014
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Literature cited

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