Shortridge's long-fingered bat (''Miniopterus shortridgei'') is a

bat Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...

in the genus ''

Miniopterus ''Miniopterus'', known as the bent-winged or long winged bats, is the sole genus of the family Miniopteridae. They are small flying insectivorous mammals, micro-bats of the order Chiroptera, with wings over twice the length of the body. The genus ...

'' which occurs throughout

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

.Page 522, ''Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference, Volume 1'' By Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder. JHU Press, 2005, / It was described by Eleanor Mary Ord Laurie and

John Edwards Hill John Edwards Hill (11 June 1928 – 6 May 1997) was a British mammalogist who described 24 species and 26 subspecies during his career. Early life and education Hill was born on 11 June 1928 in the small hamlet of Colemans Hatch in East Sussex, ...

in 1957.

References

Miniopteridae Mammals described in 1957 Taxa named by John Edwards Hill Bats of Southeast Asia Taxa named by Eleanor Mary Ord Laurie {{Bat-stub