Shortridge's long-fingered bat (''Miniopterus shortridgei'') is a
bat in the genus ''
Miniopterus'' which occurs throughout
Indonesia.
[Page 522, ''Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference, Volume 1'' By Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder. JHU Press, 2005, /] It was described by
Eleanor Mary Ord Laurie
Eleanor Mary Ord Laurie Isserlis (14 January 1919 - 17 March 2009) was a British mammalogist.
Early life
Laurie was born in 1919 to parents Elinor Beatrice Ord and Robert Douglas Laurie. Her father was head of the Zoology Department at Aberystwyt ...
and
John Edwards Hill
John Edwards Hill (11 June 1928 – 6 May 1997) was a British mammalogist who described 24 species and 26 subspecies during his career.
Early life and education
Hill was born on 11 June 1928 in the small hamlet of Colemans Hatch in East Sussex, ...
in 1957.
References
Miniopteridae
Mammals described in 1957
Taxa named by John Edwards Hill
Bats of Southeast Asia
Taxa named by Eleanor Mary Ord Laurie
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