Miniopterus pallidus

Miniopterus pallidus
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific 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[]

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[]

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

References[]

Literature cited[]

• Bilgin, R., Gürün, K., Maraci, Ö., Furman, A., Hulva, P., Çoraman, E., Radekk, L., Bartonick, T., & Horáček, I. 2012. Syntopic occurrence in Turkey supports separate species status for Miniopterus schreibersii schreibersii and M. schreibersii pallidus (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Acta Chiropterologica, 14(2), 279-289.
• Furman, A., Postawa, T., Öztunç, T., & Çoraman, E. 2010. Cryptic diversity of the bent-wing bat, Miniopterus schreibersii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), in Asia Minor. BMC evolutionary biology, 10(1), 121.
• Postawa, T., & Furman, A. 2014. Abundance patterns of ectoparasites infesting different populations of Miniopterus species in their contact zone in Asia Minor. Acta Chiropterologica, 16(2), 387-395.