Australasian bent-wing bat
| Australasian bent-wing bat | |
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| Species: | M. oceanensis
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| Miniopterus oceanensis Maeda. 1982
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The Australasian bent-wing bat (Miniopterus oceanensis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Australia and in Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
This species was once considered a subspecies of Common bent-wing bat. It is now accepted that the Australasian bent-winged bat and the Eastern bent-winged bat are two distinct species.