Miniopterus schreibersi

Miniopterus schreibersi (Kuhl, 1817). Die Deutschen Fledermäuse, Hanau, p. 14. TYPE LOCALITY: Rumania, Banat, near Coronini, Kolumbacs Cave. DISTRIBUTION: S Europe and Morocco through the Caucasus and Iran to most of China and Japan; most of Indo-Malayan region; New Guinea; Solomon Isis (including Bougainville Isl); Australia; Subsaharan Africa; Madagascar; Bismarck Arch. SYNONYMS: arenarius, baussencis, blepotis, breyeri, chinensis, dasythrix, eschscholtzii, fuliginosus, harardai, inexpectatus, italicus, japoniae, majori, natalensis, oceanensis, orianae, orsinii, pallidus, parvipes, pulcher, ravus, scotinus, smitianus, ursinii, vicinior, villiersi. COMMENTS: Formerly included magnater. Reviewed by Crucitti (1976).Published as part of Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, pp. 137-241 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 231, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735306