Miniopterus natalensis (A. Smith 1834)

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 : 521

Miniopterus natalensis (A. Smith 1834)

[Vespertilio] natalensis A. Smith 1834 , South African Quart. J., 2: 59.

Type Locality: Natal, Durban.

Vernacular Names: Natal Long-fingered Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Miniopterus natalensis subsp. natalensis A. Smith 1834

Subspecies Miniopterus natalensis subsp. arenarius Heller 1912

Distribution: Sudan and SW Arabia to South Africa.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001).

Discussion: Formerly included in schreibersii , but apparently distinct; see O'Shea and Vaughan (1980), Koopman (1994), and Peterson et al. (1995).