Miniopterus inflatus Thomas 1903

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

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scientific name	Miniopterus inflatus Thomas 1903
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Treatment

Miniopterus inflatus Thomas 1903 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 12: 634.

Type Locality: Cameroon, Efulen.

Vernacular Names: Greater Long-fingered Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Miniopterus inflatus subsp. inflatus Thomas 1903

Subspecies Miniopterus inflatus subsp. rufus Sanborn 1936

Distribution: Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, E and S Dem. Rep. Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Mozambique, Liberia, perhaps Nigeria. W African distribution uncertain because of confusion with schreibersii .

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Koopman (1993, 1994) included africanus in this species, but see Peterson et al. (1995).