Miniopterus Bonaparte 1837

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 519

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.