Eger's long-fingered bat (''Miniopterus egeri'') is a species of long-fingered bat found in
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
.
Taxonomy
Eger's long-fingered bat was
described as a new species in 2011 by Goodman et al. The
eponym
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Usage of the word
The term ''epon ...
for the
species name
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"''egeri''" is Judith Eger, Senior Curator of
Royal Ontario Museum's Department of Mammalogy.
Description
Eger's long-fingered bat is a relatively small member of its genus with a forearm length of . Individuals weigh .
It has a
dental formula
Dentition pertains to the development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth. In particular, it is the characteristic arrangement, kind, and number of teeth in a given species at a given age. That is, the number, type, and morpho-physiolog ...
of for a total of 36 teeth.
Range and status
Eger's long-fingered bat is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. It has been documented at a range of elevations, from above sea level.
As of 2017, it is evaluated as a
least-concern species
A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of species conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild. T ...
by the
IUCN.
References
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Bats of Africa
Mammals of Madagascar
Endemic fauna of Madagascar
Mammals described in 2011