Griffith's long-fingered bat

Griffith's long-fingered bat (Miniopterus griffithsi) is a bat in the genus Miniopterus which occurs in southern Madagascar.^[2] M. griffithsi was previously a part of the largest family of bats, the Vespertilionidae, which consist of five subfamilies.^[3] The bat family Miniopteridae is widely distributed, ranging from the majority of sub-Saharan Africa to north Africa and Eurasia, as well as southern and southeastern Asia and Australia.^[3] Typical features of these bats include elongated third fingers, long narrow wings giving them a pointed shape when in flight, and a bent shape when folded, adding to the common name of bent-wing bats. M. griffithsi is similar to its sister species Miniopterus gleni, which lives north of the Onilahy River, while M. giffithsi lives south of it.^[2] Researchers first discovered that M. griffithsi was separate from M. gleni based on phylogeographic studies of the latter.^[2]

Griffith's long-fingered bat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Miniopteridae
Genus:	Miniopterus
Species:	M. griffithsi
Binomial name
Miniopterus griffithsi Goodman et al., 2010