Miniopterus là một chiđộng vật có vú trong họ Dơi muỗi, bộ Dơi. Chi này được Bonaparte miêu tả năm 1837.[1] Loài điển hình của chi này là Vespertilio ursinii Bonaparte, 1837 (= Vespertilio schreibersii Kuhl, 1817).
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^TIAN, L.; LIANG, B.; MAEDA, K.; METZNER, W.; ZHANG, S. (2004). Molecular studies on the classification of Miniopterus schreibersii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences. Folia Zoologica 53 (3): 303–311.
^APPLETON B.R.; MCKENZIE J.A.; CHIRSTIDIS L. (2004). Molecular Systematics and Biogeography of the Bentwing Bat Complex Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 431–439.
^GOODMAN, S.M.; MAMINIRINA, C.P.; BRADMAN, H.M.; CHRISTIDIS, L.; APPLETON, B.R. 2010. Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in the endemic Malagasy bat Miniopterus gleni (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae), with the description of a new species, M. griffithsi. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 48 (1): 75-86.
^JUSTE, J.; FERRÁNDEZ, A.; FA, J.E.; MASEFIELD, W.; IBÁÑEZ, C. (2007). Taxonomy of little bent-winged bats (Miniopterus, Miniopteridae) from the African islands of São Tomé, Grand Comoro and Madagascar, based on mtDNA. Acta Chiropterologica 9 (1): 27-37.
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^ŠRÁMEK, J.; GVOZDIK, V.; BENDA, P. (2013) Hidden diversity in bent-winged bats (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) of the Western Palaearctic and adjacent regions: implications for taxonomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167:1, 165-190.
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^GOODMAN, S. M.; RYAN, K. E.; MAMINIRINA, C. P.; FAHR, J.; CHRISTIDIS, L.; APPLETON, B. (2007). Specific status of populations on Madagascar referred to Miniopterus fraterculus (Chiroptera: Vespertillionidae), with description of a new species. Journal of Mammalogy 88: 1216-1229.
^FAHR, J.; DJOSSA, B.A.; VIERHAUS, H. (2006). Rapid assessment of bats (Chiroptera) in Déré, Diécké and Mt. Béro classified forests, southeastern Guinea; including a review of the distribution of bats in Guinée Forestière. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 40: 168–180, 245–247.
^Monadjem, A., Goodman, S.M., Stanley, W.T. & Appleton, B. 2013. A cryptic new species of Miniopterus from south-eastern Africa based on molecular and morphological characters. Zootaxa 3746 (1): 123–142.
^Puechmaille, S.J., Allegrini, B., Benda, P., Gürün, K., Šrámek, J., Ibañez, C., Juste, J. & Bilgin, R. 2014. A new species of the Miniopterus schreibersii species complex (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from the Maghreb Region, North Africa. Zootaxa 3794: 108-124.
^Happold, M. In press. Miniopterus inflatus. In: D.C.D. Happold and M. Happold (eds), The Mammals of Africa, Academic Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands