MINIOPTERIDAE, Mein & Tupinier, 1977

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Miniopteridae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 674-709 : 674

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5735202
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6581828
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scientific name	MINIOPTERIDAE
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Family MINIOPTERIDAE View in CoL

(LONG-FINGERED BATS)

• Small to medium-sized bats, with simple muzzle and no nasal process or noseleaf, tail completely within uropatagium, and second phalanx of the third finger nearly three times as long as the first, with a characteristically bent appearance.

• 9-13 cm. View Figure

• Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan, and Australasian Regions. View Figure

• (Cave roosting and all biomes, except deserts.

• 1 genus, 38 species, 47 taxa.

• 2 species Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.