Miniopterus pallidus
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Miniopterus pallidus, the pale bent-wing bat, is a species of bat found in Middle-East. Until 2010, it was considered as a sub-species of M. schreibersii.Furman, A., Postawa, T., Öztunç, T., & Çoraman, E. 2010
Range and habitat
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The species was clearly identified in Turkey,Bilgin et al. 2012 but Miniopterus schreibersii pallidus was also recorded in others countries in the Middle East, Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
So far, the species was only recorded in caves,Postawa, T., & Furman, A. 2014 but it is possible that different type of underground roosts are used by this species during the year, as for Miniopterus schreibersii.
Conservation
This species is listed in the Berne Convention and is specifically targeted by the UNEP-EUROBATS convention.{{cite journal |author=EUROBATS|title=Resolution 8.2 - EUROBATS Convention|date=2018 |url=https://www.eurobats.org/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/Meeting_of_Parties/MoP8.Resolution%208.2%20Amendment%20of%20the%20Annex%20to%20the%20Agreement_0.pdf|access-date=4 September 2019}}
References
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Literature cited
- Bilgin, R., Gürün, K., Maraci, Ö., Furman, A., Hulva, P., Çoraman, E., Radekk, L., Bartonick, T., & Horáček, I. 2012. [https://vertebrata.natur.cuni.cz/_files/200000095-4844549bb7/Bilgin%20et%20al%202012%20Miniopterus.pdf Syntopic occurrence in Turkey supports separate species status for Miniopterus schreibersii schreibersii and M. schreibersii pallidus (Mammalia: Chiroptera)]. Acta Chiropterologica, 14(2), 279-289.
- Furman, A., Postawa, T., Öztunç, T., & Çoraman, E. 2010. [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43532756_Cryptic_diversity_of_the_bent-wing_bat_Miniopterus_schreibersii_Chiroptera_Vespertilionidae_in_Asia_Minor Cryptic diversity of the bent-wing bat, Miniopterus schreibersii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), in Asia Minor]. BMC evolutionary biology, 10(1), 121.
- Postawa, T., & Furman, A. 2014. [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tomasz_Postawa/publication/271511816_Abundance_Patterns_of_Ectoparasites_Infesting_Different_Populations_of_Miniopterus_Species_in_Their_Contact_Zone_in_Asia_Minor/links/5564d1f008ae89e758fd9814/Abundance-Patterns-of-Ectoparasites-Infesting-Different-Populations-of-Miniopterus-Species-in-Their-Contact-Zone-in-Asia-Minor.pdf Abundance patterns of ectoparasites infesting different populations of Miniopterus species in their contact zone in Asia Minor]. Acta Chiropterologica, 16(2), 387-395.
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