Miniopterus schreibersii

(Kuhl, 1817)

Schreibers's Long-fingered Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Miniopteridae
Genus : Miniopterus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kuhl, H. 1817. Die deutschen Fledermäuse. None, Hanau, 67 pp.

Authority publication link

https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-91692

Original name as described

Vespertilio Schreibersii

Other common names

Schreiber's Bent-winged Bat

Type material

ZMB 2702

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"südöstlichen Gebirge des Bannats in der Columbäzer Höhle [= southeastern mountains of Banat in the Columbäzer Cave], " Banat, near Coronini, Romania.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Afrotropic

Country distribution

Portugal · Spain · France · Switzerland · Italy · Austria? · Slovakia · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Romania · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Bulgaria · Greece · Turkey · Russia · Georgia · Lebanon · Syria · Israel · Palestine · Jordan? · Cyprus · Malta · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. blepotis, M. fuliginosus, M. orianae, M. pallidus, M. eschscholtzii, M. villiersi. and populations now attributed to M. maghrebensis; moved from Vespertilionidae to Miniopteridae

Taxonomy notes citation

Tian, L.-x., Liang, B., Maeda, K., Metzner, W. and Zhang, S.-y. 2004. Molecular studies on the classification of Miniopterus schreibersii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences. Folia Zoologica 53(3):303-311. a#1393 · Puechmaille, S.J., Allegrini, B., Benda, P., Gürün, K., Šrámek, J., Ibáñez, C., Juste, J. and Bilgin, R. 2014. A new species of the Miniopterus schreibersii species complex (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from the Maghreb Region, North Africa. Zootaxa 3794(1):108-124. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3794.1.4 · Miller-Butterworth, C.M., Murphy, W.J., O'Brien, S.J., Jacobs, D.S., Springer, M.S. and Teeling, E.C. 2007. A family matter: Conclusive resolution of the taxonomic position of the long-fingered bats, Miniopterus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24(7):1553-1561. doi:10.1093/molbev/msm076 · Wilson, D.E. and Mittermeier, R.A. 2019. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 9. Bats. Lynx, Barcelona, 1008 pp. a#59249

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005135

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Vespertilio Schreibersii

(Kuhl, 1817)

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

schreibersii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2702

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

41

Authority publication

Hanau

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1821:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  2. Fischer (1829:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Temminck (1840:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  4. Crespon (1844:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)
  5. Schinz (1844:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Vespertilio Schreibersi

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

schreibersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

175

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528932

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1821:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)

Vespertilio Screbersii

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

screbersii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207557

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1836:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Vespertilio Ursinii

(Bonaparte, 1837)

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

ursinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MF 4711

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

pl. 15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46985683

Authority publication

Rome

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Scotophilus Schreibersii

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

schreibersii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

497

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026400

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

Gray (1838:497, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)

Miniopterus Ursinii

J. E. Gray, 1838

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

ursinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

497

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026400

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

Gray (1838:497, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)

Miniopterus Schreibersii

von Keyserling & J. H. Blasius, 1839

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

schreibersii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

323

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24904234

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Keyserling & Blasius (1839:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24904234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56536)
  2. Murray (1866:347, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Peters (1867:885, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17189)
  4. Fitzinger (1870:527, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37092)
  5. Heuglin (1877:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)
  6. Trouessart (1878:253, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)
  7. Wallace (1880:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68070)
  8. Elera (1895:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
  9. Seabra (1900:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68460)
  10. Seabra (1900:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68463)
  11. Hollister (1912:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15163)
  12. Miller (1912:269, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421588) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  13. Bobrinskiy (1925:357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68873)
  14. Mori (1928:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68527)
  15. Kishida & Mori (1931:379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69755)
  16. Allen (1938:264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)
  17. Allen (1939:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  18. Anthony (1941:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2771931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16202)
  19. Hill & Carter (1941:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  20. Sanborn (1952:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)
  21. Medway (1965:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
  22. Hill (1983:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2356826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1697)
  23. Kitchener & Foley (1985:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53128788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1590)
  24. Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)
  25. Corbet & Hill (1991:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  26. Harrison & Bates (1991:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64137)
  27. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  28. Bates & Harrison (1997:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
  29. Helgen (2002:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5888)
  30. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  31. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  32. Smith & Xie (2008:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  33. Karataş, Gharkheloo & Kankılıç (2008:305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1577)
  34. Benda, Georgiakakis, Dietz, Hanák, Galanaki, Markantonatou, Chudárková, Hulva & Horáček (2008:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1787)
  35. Karataş & Sachanowicz (2008:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1516)
  36. Happold & Happold (2013:721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  37. Gippoliti (2013:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25250)
  38. Benda, Spitzenberger, Hanák, Andreas, Reiter, Ševčík, Šmíd & Uhrin (2014:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25234)
  39. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  40. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  41. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  42. Meinig, Boye, Dähne, Hutterer & Lang (2020:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70294)
  43. Kumar, Sharma & Khan (2022:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66220)
  44. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  45. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/230918147/230918550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Vespertilio orsinii

(Temminck, 1840)

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

orsinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

179

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Temminck (1840:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)

Miniopterus Orsini

Lesson, 1842

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

orsini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

27

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Miniopterus Schrebersii

Lesson, 1842

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

schrebersii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

27

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Loche (1858:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)
  3. Loche (1867:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68800)
  4. Karataş (2019:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60252)

Miniopterus Orsinii

Bonaparte, 1845

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

orsinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573719

Authority publication

Milan

Name usages

Bonaparte (1845:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)

Miniopterus schreibersi

J. D. Ogilby, 1892

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

schreibersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938606

Authority publication

Sydney

Name usages

  1. Ogilby (1892:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)
  2. Thomas (1898:677, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7785899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67728)
  3. Thomas (1898:386, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14017)
  4. Acloque (1900:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
  5. Thomas (1904:407, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16275)
  6. Trouessart (1904:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  7. Satunin (1905:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69041)
  8. Thomas (1906:338, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14049)
  9. Bate (1906:316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14204)
  10. Bianchi (1918:217, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67313)
  11. Allen (1923:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16028)
  12. Thomas (1925:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14043)
  13. Kuroda (1925:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68513)
  14. Weber (1928:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)
  15. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  16. Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)
  17. Laurie & Hill (1954:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  18. Hill (1956:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69277)
  19. Davis (1962:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  20. Kurtén (1968:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  21. Heller (1970:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68326)
  22. Largen, Kock & Yalden (1974:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36071)
  23. Koopman (1975:417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35441)
  24. Corbet & Hill (1980:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  25. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  26. Koopman (1984:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62326846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1361)
  27. Aggundey & Schlitter (1984:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52373538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30597)
  28. Koopman (1993:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  29. Koopman (1994:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  30. Van der Made (1999:341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13477)
  31. Van Cakenberghe, Herrel & Aguirre (2002:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69924)
  32. Esselstyn, Widmann & Heaney (2004:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5880)
  33. Lindenau (2005:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17041)
  34. Ziegler, Howarth & Simmons (2016:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57669195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/28959)

Minyopterus schreibersii

Schulze, 1897

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

schreibersii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Helios – Abhandlungen und Mitteilungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Naturwissenschaften

Name usages

Schulze (1897:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)

Miniopterus schreibersii italicus

Dal Piaz, 1926

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

italicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSNG (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

61

Authority publication

Atti della Accademia scientifica veneto-trentino-istriana

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Miniopterus schreibersii inexspectatus

Heinrich, 1936

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

inexspectatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 47278

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Mitteilungen aus den königlichen naturwissenschaftlichen Instituten in Sofia — Bulgarien

inexpectatus

Tate, 1941

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

inexpectatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

573

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Miniopterus schreibersi baussencis

Laurent, 1944

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

baussencis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54154211

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Miniopterus schreibersi schreibersi

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

schreibersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722484

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  2. Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)
  3. Laurie & Hill (1954:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  4. Koopman (1994:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Miniopterus schreibersii schreibersii

Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar, & C. M. Baker, 1986

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

schreibersii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

46

Authority publication

Transvaal Museum Monograph

Name usages

  1. Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)
  2. Harrison & Bates (1991:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64137)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Miniopterus schreibersii orsinii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

orsinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Miniopterus schreibersii inexpectatus

Turni & Kock, 2008

Family

Miniopteridae

Root name

inexpectatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

52

Authority publication

Zootaxa

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