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Intermediate Long-fingered Bat
The intermediate long-fingered bat (''Miniopterus medius'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae. It can be found in Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan, Sulawesi), Malaysia, and Thailand and possibly also in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ..., References Miniopteridae Bats of Oceania Bats of Southeast Asia Bats of Indonesia Bats of Malaysia Mammals of Papua New Guinea Mammals of Western New Guinea Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxa named by Robert Charles Wroughton Mammals described in 1909 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Bat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldfield Thomas
Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (21 February 1858 – 16 June 1929) was a British zoologist. Career Thomas worked at the Natural History Museum on mammals, describing about 2,000 new species and subspecies for the first time. He was appointed to the museum secretary's office in 1876, transferring to the zoological department in 1878. In 1891, Thomas married Mary Kane, daughter of Sir Andrew Clark, heiress to a small fortune, which gave him the finances to hire mammal collectors and present their specimens to the museum. He also did field work himself in Western Europe and South America. His wife shared his interest in natural history, and accompanied him on collecting trips. In 1896, when William Henry Flower took control of the department, he hired Richard Lydekker Richard Lydekker (; 25 July 1849 – 16 April 1915) was an English naturalist, geologist and writer of numerous books on natural history. Biography Richard Lydekker was born at Tavistock Square in London. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |