Miniopterus tristis Waterhouse 1845

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 : 522

Miniopterus tristis Waterhouse 1845

Miniopterus tristis Waterhouse 1845 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1845: 3.

Type Locality: Philippine Isls.

Vernacular Names: Great Long-fingered Bat.

Subspecies: :

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

Distribution: Philippines; Sulawesi, Sanan Isl, New Guinea; Bismarck Arch., Solomon Isls, Vanuatu (= New Hebrides).

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

Discussion: Includes propritristis; see Koopman (1984 c) and Hill (1983). Peterson (1981) and Maeda (1982) recognized more than one species in this complex, but did not agree on species limits; see Hill (1983), who argued convincingly that all of these forms should be regarded as subspecies of tristis pending further study. Koopman (1993) included bismarckensis in this complex, but also see Hill (1983), who suggested that this poorly-known taxon might be allied to magnater . Also see accounts in Flannery (1995 a, b), Bonaccorso (1998), and Meinig (2002) under propritristis.