Miniopterus macrocneme Revilliod 1914

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 520

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11328461
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scientific name	Miniopterus macrocneme Revilliod 1914
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Miniopterus macrocneme Revilliod 1914 , in: Sarasin and Roux, Nova Caledonia, A. Zool., Vol. 1: 360.

Type Locality: New Caledonia and Loyalty Isls.

Vernacular Names: Small Melanesian Long-fingered Bat.

Distribution: New Guinea to Vanuatu and New Caledonia.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001).

Discussion: Listed a subspecies of pusillus by Koopman (1993, 1994), but see Sanborn and Nicholson (1950), Flannery (1995 a, b), and Bonaccorso (1998). In a recent revision of the pusillus / australis complex, Kitchener and Suyanto (2002) treated macrocneme as a subspecies of pusillus , but did not examine specimens of macrocneme sensu stricto.