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Western bent-winged bat

Miniopterus magnater Sanborn, 1931

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The western bent-winged bat (Miniopterus magnater) is a species in the family Miniopteridae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 13 g to 14.1 g and live up to 14 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the western bent-winged bat

Weight
13 g – 14.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
14 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
22 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
100 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
19 months – 2 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the western bent-winged bat live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The western bent-winged bat is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the western bent-winged bat?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The western bent-winged bat (Miniopterus magnater) is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae. It can be found in the following countries: China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.

From the Wikipedia article “Western bent-winged bat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Western_bent-winged_bat&oldid=1327832569), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the western bent-winged bat endangered?

The western bent-winged bat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the western bent-winged bat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyMiniopteridae
  6. genusMiniopterus
  7. SpeciesMiniopterus magnater Sanborn, 1931

Synonyms Miniopterus macrodens, Miniopterus magnater macrodens, Miniopterus magnater magnater, Miniopterus schreibersii magnater

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Large bent-winged batEnglish
  • Large bent-winged batEnglish
  • Large long-fingered batEnglish
  • Western long-fingered batEnglish
  • Western long-fingered batEnglish
  • Western long-fingered bat.English
  • Malaiische LangflügelfledermausGerman
  • kaakkoisaasianpitkäsormiFinnish
  • Silo TerbesarIndonesian
  • ジャイアントユビナガコウモリJapanese
  • Kelawar Jari Panjang BesarMalay
  • Podkasaniec dużyPolish
  • ค้างคาวปีกพับดำใหญ่Thai

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the western bent-winged bat

Other species in the same genus Miniopterus.

CompareWestern bent-winged bat vs Common bent-wing batWestern bent-winged bat vs Little bent-wing batWestern bent-winged bat vs Southeast Asian long-fingered batWestern bent-winged bat vs Greater long-fingered bat

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the western bent-winged bat?

An adult western bent-winged bat weighs 13 g – 14.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the western bent-winged bat live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the western bent-winged bat for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the western bent-winged bat endangered?

The western bent-winged bat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the western bent-winged bat live?

The western bent-winged bat has a recorded lifespan of 14 years.

How long is the western bent-winged bat pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 100 days.

What kind of animal is the western bent-winged bat?

The western bent-winged bat (Miniopterus magnater) belongs to the family Miniopteridae in the order Chiroptera.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Western bent-winged bat (Miniopterus magnater). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/western-bent-winged-bat

MLA

“Western bent-winged bat (Miniopterus magnater).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/western-bent-winged-bat.

BibTeX
@misc{western_bent_winged_bat_2026,
  title = {Western bent-winged bat (Miniopterus magnater)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/western-bent-winged-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}