Species of bat
Miniopterus newtoni is a species of bat that is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe .[ 1]
Taxonomy
Miniopterus newtoni was described as a new species in 1889 by Portuguese zoologist José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage .
The holotype had been collected by Portuguese naturalist Francisco Newton .[ 2]
In the third edition of Mammal Species of the World , Simmons et al. considered M. newtoni as a subspecies of the least long-fingered bat , M. minor .
However, in 2007, a mitochondrial DNA analysis rejected the assertion that M. minor and M. newtoni were synonymous .
Juste et al. published that M. newtoni and M. minor had a genetic distance significant enough to regard each as separate species.[ 3]
Description
It has a forearm length of approximately 39 mm (1.5 in).[ 4]
Range and habitat
M. newtoni is endemic to the nation of São Tomé and Príncipe , where it has only been documented on São Tomé Island .
It has been documented in both forested habitat and plantations .[ 1]
Conservation
As of 2019, it is evaluated as a data deficient species by the IUCN .
It meets the criteria for this classification due to the lack of information on its extent of occurrence and threats it may be facing.[ 1]
References
^ a b c d Juste, J. (2019). "Miniopterus newtoni " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 : e.T136310A22019007. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T136310A22019007.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021 .
^ Bocage, J. V. (1889). "Chiroptères de l'île St. Thomé" [Chiroptera of St. Thomé Island]. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes . 2 (in French). 1 : 198–199.
^ Juste, Javier; Ferrández, Almudena; Fa, John E.; Masefield, Will; Ibáñez, Carlos (2007). "Taxonomy of little bent-winged bats (Miniopterus, Miniopteridae) from the African islands of São Tomé, Grand Comoro and Madagascar, based on mtDNA" . Acta Chiropterologica . 9 : 27–37. doi :10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[27:TOLBBM]2.0.CO;2 .
^ Happold, M. (2013). Kingdon, J. (ed.). Mammals of Africa . Vol. 4. A&C Black. p. 716–718. ISBN 9781408189962 .