Wilson's long-fingered bat
| Wilson's long-fingered bat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Miniopteridae |
| Genus: | Miniopterus |
| Species: | M. wilsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Miniopterus wilsoni Monadjem, Guiton, Naskrecki, Richards, Kropff & Dalton, 2020
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Wilson's long-fingered bat (Miniopterus wilsoni) is a species of bat described in 2020 from Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. The name M. wilsoni refers to American evolutionary biologist Edward O. Wilson.[1][2][3] The species inhabits the mountains of central and northern Mozambique and southern Malawi.[2][4]
References
- ^ Monadjem, Ara; Guyton, Jen; Naskrecki, Piotr; Richards, Leigh R.; Kropff, Anna S.; Dalton, Desire L. (September 2020). "Cryptic Diversity in the Genus Miniopterus with the Description of a New Species from Southern Africa". Acta Chiropterologica. 22 (1): 1–19. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2020.22.1.001. ISSN 1508-1109. S2CID 221472045.
- ^ a b Nhacote, Luis (August 2020). "Descoberta nova espécie de morcego no Parque Nacional da Gorongosa" [New bat species discovered in Gorongosa National Park]. Moz24h | Moz24Horas | Moçambique (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ "Miniopterus wilsoni". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
- ^ SAPO. "Parque da Gorongosa descobre nova espécie de morcego". SAPO Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-19.