Miniopterus

Miniopterus; Temporal range:
	Common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersi)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Superfamily:	Vespertilionoidea
Family:	Miniopteridae; Dobson, 1875
Genus:	Miniopterus; Bonaparte, 1837
Type species
	Vespertilio ursinii; Bonaparte, 1837
Species
	See text

Miniopterus, known as the bent-winged or long winged bats, is the sole genus of the family Miniopteridae. They are small flying insectivorous mammals, micro-bats of the order Chiroptera, with wings over twice the length of the body. The genus had been placed in its own subfamily among the vespertilionid bats, as Miniopterinae, but is now classified as its own family.

^ Jones KE, Bininda-Emonds OR, Gittleman JL (2005). "Bats, clocks, and rocks: diversification patterns in Chiroptera". Evolution. 59: 2243–2255.
^ Cite error: The named reference Teeling2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Jones KE, Bininda-Emonds OR, Gittleman JL (2005). "Bats, clocks, and rocks: diversification patterns in Chiroptera". Evolution. 59: 2243–2255.

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Common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersi)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Superfamily:	Vespertilionoidea
Family:	Miniopteridae Dobson, 1875
Genus:	Miniopterus Bonaparte, 1837
Type species
Vespertilio ursinii Bonaparte, 1837
Species
See text

Miniopterus

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