Syntype of Miniopterus australis robustior

Date Collected:

1912-01-01/1912-12-31

Oceania: New Caledonia: Loyalty Islands: Lifou Island | Loyalty Islands, Lifou Island, Xepenehe

Current Identification
Miniopterus robustior Revilliod, 1914
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Vespertilionidae
Common Name(s): Loyalty Bent-winged Bat; Loyalty Long-fingered Bat
Determiner: Madeleine MullonORCID iD icon on 2019-07-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Vespertilionidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Vespertilionidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger

Revilliod 1914, page 359, Syntype of Miniopterus australis robustior Revilliod, 1914 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.6790 linked data icon
Cited as 1758, which is the NMB number (under "previous number" in MCZbase)

  • previous number: NMB 1758

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2024-01-11
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2024-01-11   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2024-01-11
ear from notch 12.5 mm By: Pierre Revilliod
forearm length 40 mm By: Pierre Revilliod
hind foot with claw 8.5 mm By: Pierre Revilliod
tail length 43 mm By: Pierre Revilliod
total length 90 mm By: Pierre Revilliod, Method: head and body plus tail
unformatted measurements tibia length = 15 mm By: Pierre Revilliod
unformatted measurements head and body length = 47 mm By: Pierre Revilliod

  • None

  • Previous number is that from Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland. Previous number was confirmed by Dr. Urs Wüest of the NMB in Jul 2019. Measurements are from literature describing the type series, by Dr. Pierre Revilliod. Other measurements: 3rd digit total length = 79.2 mm; 3rd metacarpal length = 35.7 mm; 3rd proximal phalanx length = 10 mm; 3rd middle phalanx length = 33.5 mm; 4th digit total length = 58.5 mm; 4th metacarpal length = 34.6 mm; 4th proximal phalanx length = 7.9 mm; 4th middle phalanx length = 16 mm; 5th digit total length = 47.1 mm; 4th metacarpal length = 31.5 mm; 4th proximal phalanx length = 8 mm; 4th middle phalanx length = 7.6 mm | original ledger entry notes: "Exch. Bale Mus."

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Oceania
  • Country:
  • New Caledonia
  • Island Group:
  • Loyalty Islands
  • Island:
  • Lifou Island
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • France
  • Specific Locality:
  • Loyalty Islands, Lifou Island, Xepenehe
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Loyalty Ids., Lifou, Quepenee
  • Locality Remarks:
  • "Quepenee" (aka Chepenehe or Xepenehe) is specific locality in type description were the type series came from
  • Georeference:
  • -20.782611°, 167.153862° (Error radius: 1171m) By: Madeleine Mullon on 2019-07-02 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1912-01-01 / 1912-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1912
  • Collectors:
  • Fritz Sarasin; Jean Roux

  • None

Media type: text; Mammalogy 19351;  19352;  19353;  19354;  19355;  19356;  19357;  19358;  19359;  19360;  19361;  19362;  19363;  19364;  19365;  19366;  19367;  19368;  19369;  19370;  19371;  19372;  19373;  19374;  19375 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 015976-021925, pg.136;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:19351 Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana t...

  • [Masked]