Miniopterus Bonaparte 1837
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Miniopterus

description: Miniopterus Bonaparte 1837
Miniopterus Bonaparte 1837, Fauna Ital., Vol. 1: fasc. 20.
Type Species: Vespertilio ursinii Bonaparte 1837
Species and subspecies: 19 species with 38 subspecies:
Species Miniopterus africanus Sanborn 1936
Species Miniopterus australis Tomes 1858
Subspecies Miniopterus australis subsp. australis Tomes 1858
Subspecies Miniopterus australis subsp. solomonensis Maeda 1982
Subspecies Miniopterus australis subsp. tibialis Tomes 1858
Species Miniopterus fraterculus Thomas and Schwann 1906
Species Miniopterus fuscus Bonhote 1902
Species Miniopterus gleni Peterson, Eger, and Mitchell 1995
Species Miniopterus inflatus Thomas 1903
Subspecies Miniopterus inflatus subsp. inflatus Thomas 1903
Subspecies Miniopterus inflatus subsp. rufus Sanborn 1936
Species Miniopterus macrocneme Revilliod 1914
Species Miniopterus magnater Sanborn 1931
Subspecies Miniopterus magnater subsp. magnater Sanborn 1931
Subspecies Miniopterus magnater subsp. macrodens Maeda 1982
Species Miniopterus majori Thomas 1906
Species Miniopterus manavi Thomas 1906
Subspecies Miniopterus manavi subsp. manavi Thomas 1906
Subspecies Miniopterus manavi subsp. griveaudi Harrison 1959
Species Miniopterus medius Thomas and Wroughton 1909
Species Miniopterus minor Peters 1866
Subspecies Miniopterus minor subsp. minor Peters 1866
Subspecies Miniopterus minor subsp. newtoni Bocage 1889
Subspecies Miniopterus minor subsp. occidentalis Juste and Ibáñez 1992
Species Miniopterus natalensis (A. Smith 1834)
Subspecies Miniopterus natalensis subsp. natalensis A. Smith 1834
Subspecies Miniopterus natalensis subsp. arenarius Heller 1912
Species Miniopterus paululus Hollister 1913
Subspecies Miniopterus paululus subsp. paululus Hollister 1913
Subspecies Miniopterus paululus subsp. graysonae Kitchener 2002
Subspecies Miniopterus paululus subsp. witkampi Sody 1930
Species Miniopterus pusillus Dobson 1876
Species Miniopterus robustior Revilliod 1914
Species Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl 1817)
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. schreibersii Kuhl 1817
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. bassanii Cardinal and Christidis 2000
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. blepotis Temminck 1840
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. chinensis Thomas 1908
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. dasythrix Temminck 1840
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. eschscholtzii Waterhouse 1845
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. fuliginosus Hodgson 1835
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. haradai Maeda 1982
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. japoniae Thomas 1905
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. oceanensis Maeda 1982
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. orianae Thomas 1922
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. orsinii Temminck 1840
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. pallidus Thomas 1907
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. parvipes G. M. Allen 1923
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. smitianus Thomas 1927
Subspecies Miniopterus schreibersii subsp. villiersi Aellen 1956
Species Miniopterus shortridgei Laurie and Hill 1957
Species Miniopterus tristis Waterhouse 1845
Subspecies Miniopterus tristis subsp. tristis Waterhouse 1845
Subspecies Miniopterus tristis subsp. celebensis Peterson 1981
Subspecies Miniopterus tristis subsp. grandis Peterson 1981
Subspecies Miniopterus tristis subsp. insularis Peterson 1981
Subspecies Miniopterus tristis subsp. propritristis Peterson 1981
Discussion: Reviewed (in part) by Goodwin (1979), Peterson (1981), Maeda (1982), Hill (1983), Corbet and Hill (1992), and Peterson et al. (1995). These authors have often come to different conclusions regarding classification and synonymys; the arrangement given here generally follows Corbet and Hill (1992) and Peterson et al. (1995). See Maeda (1982) and Peterson et al. (1995) for a summary of authorship, type localities, and holotypes of most named forms.
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, pp. 451-529 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 519, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519