NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Miniopterinae
  Family - Miniopteridae
  Superfamily - Vespertilionoidea
  Suborder - Yangochiroptera
  Order - Chiroptera
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Miniopterus australis
      Species - Miniopterus fraterculus
      Species - Miniopterus fuscus
      Species - Miniopterus inflatus
      Species - Miniopterus magnater
      Species - Miniopterus minor
      Species - Miniopterus pusillus
      Species - Miniopterus robustior
      Species - Miniopterus tristis
      Species - Miniopterus africanus
      Species - Miniopterus gleni
      Species - Miniopterus macrocneme
      Species - Miniopterus majori
      Species - Miniopterus manavi
      Species - Miniopterus medius
      Species - Miniopterus natalensis
      Species - Miniopterus paululus
      Species - Miniopterus schreibersii
      Species - Miniopterus shortridgei
      Species - Miniopterus newtoni
      Species - Miniopterus griveaudi
      Species - Miniopterus aelleni
      Species - Miniopterus sororculus
      Species - Miniopterus pallidus
      Species - Miniopterus petersoni
      Species - Miniopterus egeri
      Species - Miniopterus mossambicus
      Species - Miniopterus brachytragos
      Species - Miniopterus mahafaliensis
      Species - Miniopterus griffithsi
      Species - Miniopterus maghrebensis