 Hill placed it as a subspecies of that species.In their 1995 "Faune de Madagascar" review of Malagasy bats, however, Randolph Peterson and colleagues again separated "M. manavi" as a species, with "M. manavi griveaudi" (currently "Miniopterus griveaudi") from Grande Comore as a subspecies.Peterson, who died before the review was completed, had originally divided "M. manavi" into several species occurring in different areas, but his collaborators decided conservatively to keep "M. manavi" as a single species, recommending reassessment of the status of those forms as new material would become available.