Miniopterus minor

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Miniopterus minor

Species Authority:

Peters, 1866

Common Name/s:

English

–

Least Long-fingered Bat

Synonym/s:

Miniopterus minor Juste & Ibáñez, 1992 ssp. occidentalis

Taxonomic Notes:

The currently recognized Miniopterus minor is probably a complex of morphologically similar species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s:

Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Taylor, P.J.

Reviewer/s:

Hutson, A.M., Racey, P.A. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Cox, N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing problems with its taxonomy as well as absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, ecological requirements and threats.

History:

2004	–	Near Threatened
1996	–	Lower Risk/near threatened

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This little known African species has been recorded from very few locations over a wide area. It has been reported from a small area on the border between Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a single locality in southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and from a small area of coastal Kenya and Tanzania.
Countries:	Native: Angola; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Kenya; Sao Tomé and Principe; Tanzania, United Republic of
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Population [top]

Population:	There are very few records of this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	There is little information available on the natural history of this poorly known bat.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is presumably threatened in parts of its range by habitat loss resulting from logging operations and the conversion of land to agricultural use.

Major Threat(s):

This species is presumably threatened in parts of its range by habitat loss resulting from logging operations and the conversion of land to agricultural use.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There appear to be no direct conservation measures in place. It has been recorded from the Kambai Forest Reserve in Tanzania by Cunneyworth (1996). Further studies are needed into the taxonomy, distribution, natural history and threats to this poorly known species.

Conservation Actions:

There appear to be no direct conservation measures in place. It has been recorded from the Kambai Forest Reserve in Tanzania by Cunneyworth (1996). Further studies are needed into the taxonomy, distribution, natural history and threats to this poorly known species.

Bibliography [top]

	Aellen, V. and Brosset, A. 1968. Chiroptères du sud du Congo (Brazzaville). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 75(14): 435-459. Aggundey, I. R. and Schlitter, D. A. 1984. Annotated checklist of the mammals of Kenya. I. Chiroptera. Annals of Carnegie Museum 53: 119-161. Cunneyworth, P. 1996. Kambai Forest Reserve: A biodiversity survey. East Usambara Conservation Area Management Programme. Frontier Tanzania; Forestry and Beekeeping Division, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Indufor / Metsähallitus Group, Vantaa, Finland. Hayman, R. W., Misonne, X. and Verheyen, W. 1966. The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi. Annales Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques 154: 1-105. Juste, J. and Ibáñez, C. 1992. Taxonomic review of Miniopterus minor Peters, 1867 (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from western central Africa. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage 43(3): 355-365. Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Aellen, V. and Brosset, A. 1968. Chiroptères du sud du Congo (Brazzaville). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 75(14): 435-459.

Aggundey, I. R. and Schlitter, D. A. 1984. Annotated checklist of the mammals of Kenya. I. Chiroptera. Annals of Carnegie Museum 53: 119-161.

Cunneyworth, P. 1996. Kambai Forest Reserve: A biodiversity survey. East Usambara Conservation Area Management Programme. Frontier Tanzania; Forestry and Beekeeping Division, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Indufor / Metsähallitus Group, Vantaa, Finland.

Hayman, R. W., Misonne, X. and Verheyen, W. 1966. The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi. Annales Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques 154: 1-105.

Juste, J. and Ibáñez, C. 1992. Taxonomic review of Miniopterus minor Peters, 1867 (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from western central Africa. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage 43(3): 355-365.

Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Citation:	Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Taylor, P.J. 2008. Miniopterus minor. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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