Miniopterus pusillus Dobson, 1876

Qian, Yishun, Mou, Xin, Wang, Wen, Zhang, Wenxiang, Li, Yuanyuan, Wu, Li, Zhao, Canjun, Jiao, Zhiwei & Li, Song, 2024, New record of Miniopterus magnater (Chiroptera, Miniopteridae) from south-western China and a comparative study of three species of Miniopterus in China, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 129879-e 129879 : e129879-

Miniopterus pusillus Dobson, 1876

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: 91B5C895-7477-5C93-BA6F-50AC0F35F3FC; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Mammalia; order: Chiroptera ; family: Miniopteridae ; genus: Miniopterus ; Location: country: China; county: Yunnan

Diagnosis

The fur is dark brown in colour, with some extension of the fur on to the tail. Head-body length 45-48 mm, tail length: 40-48 mm, hind-foot length: 7-8 mm, ear length 10-11 mm, forearm length 39-42 mm, total cranial length 13.5-14.5 mm. The skull has no sagittal crest ( Smith and Xie 2008).