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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
OrdoTherapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Microchiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Miniopteridae
Genus: Miniopterus
Species (26): M. aelleni – M. africanus – M. ambohitrensis – M. australis – M. brachytragos – M. egeri – M. fraterculus – M. fuscus – M. gleni – M. griffithsi – M. inflatus – M. macrocneme – M. maghrebensis – M. magnater – M. mahafaliensis – M. majori – M. manavi – M. medius – M. minor – M. natalensis – M. paululus – M. pusillus – M. robustior – M. schreibersii – M. shortridgei – M. tristis
Name

Miniopterus Bonaparte, 1837

Type Species: Vespertilio ursinii Bonaparte, 1837
References

Miller-Butterworth, C.M., Murphy, W.J., O'Brien S.J., Jacobs, D.S., Springer, M.S. & Teeling, E.C. 2007. A family matter: conclusive resolution of the taxonomic position of the long-fingered bats, Miniopterus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24(7): 1553–1561. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm076 Open access Reference page.
Bonaparte. 1837. Fauna Ital., 1: fasc. 20.
Goodman, S.M. et al. 2011: Morphological, bioacoustical, and genetic variation in Miniopterus bats from eastern Madagascar, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2880: 1–19. Preview PDF
Goodman, S.M., Ramasindrazana, B., Naughton, K.M. & Appleton, B. 2015. Description of a new species of the Miniopterus aelleni group (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from upland areas of central and northern Madagascar. Zootaxa 3936(4): 538–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.4.4. Reference page.
Monadjem, A. et al. 2013: A cryptic new species of Miniopterus from south-eastern Africa based on molecular and morphological characters. Zootaxa 3746(1): 123–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.1.5 Reference page.
Puechmaille, S.J. et al. 2014: A new species of the Miniopterus schreibersii species complex (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from the Maghreb Region, North Africa. Zootaxa 3794(1): 108–124. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.1.4 Reference page.
Miniopterus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names
English: Long-fingered Bats
polski: Podkasaniec

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