Eastern bent-wing bat

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Eastern bent-wing bat
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Miniopteridae
Genus: Miniopterus
Species:
M. fuliginosus
Binomial name
Miniopterus fuliginosus

The eastern bent-wing bat, (Miniopterus fuliginosus) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in South Asia, Far-east Asia, the east Caucasus Mountains and also in Southeast Asian regions.

Description[]

They exhibit long and narrow wings, high wingspans and low wing loadings, which enable quick and long flights.[1]

Head and body length is 10–11 cm. Forearms are 4–5 cm. Wingspan is 30–31 cm.

Color varies from reddish brown to dark blackish brown above, underparts are lighter. Wing membrane is blackish brown. Fur is dense and soft, long above and short below. Ears are small, cheeks are hairless below the eyes.

Taxonomy[]

This species was once considered as a subspecies of the common bent-wing bat, but now it has been accepted that the eastern bent-winged bat and Australasian bent-winged bat are two species.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Zhang, Chunmian; Jiang, Tinglei; Lu, Guanjun; Lin, Aiqing; Sun, Keping; Liu, Sen; Feng, Jiang (December 2018). "Geographical variation in the echolocation calls of bent-winged bats, Miniopterus fuliginosus". Zoology. 131: 36–44. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2018.05.005. PMID 29803625.
  2. ^ Tian, L.; Liang, B.; Maeda, K.; Metzner, W.; Zhang, Z. (2004). "Molecular studies on the classification of Miniopterus schreibersii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences". Folia Zoologica. 53 (3): 303–311.


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