Australasian bent-wing bat | |
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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.