Shortridge's long-fingered bat (''Miniopterus shortridgei'') is a bat 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 and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

.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 Eleanor Mary Ord Laurie Isserlis (14 January 1919 - 17 March 2009) was a British mammalogist. Early life Laurie was born in 1919 to parents Elinor Beatrice Ord and Robert Douglas Laurie. Her father was head of the Zoology Department at Aberystwyt ...

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, En ...

in 1957.

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