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Miniopterus oceanensis

Australasian bent-wing bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Miniopteridae
Genus: Miniopterus
Species: M. oceanensis
Binomial name
Miniopterus oceanensis
Maeda. 1982

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.

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.


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