Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Miniopteridae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Chiroptera Genus Miniopterus | |
Similar Miniopterus gleni, Miniopterus aelleni, Miniopterus manavi | ||
The Australasian bent-wing bat (Miniopterus oceanensis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Australia and in Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
This species was once considered a subspecies of Common bent-wing bat. It is now accepted that the Australasian bent-winged bat and the Eastern bent-winged bat are two distinct species.
References
Miniopterus oceanensis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA