Afronycteris helios
(E. Heller, 1912)
Heller's Serotine
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Chiroptera |
Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
Family | : Vespertilionidae |
Subfamily | : Vespertilioninae |
Tribe | : Vespertilionini |
Genus | : Afronycteris |
Species status
Authority citation
Heller, E. 1912-11-04. New races of insectivores, bats, and lemurs from British East Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 60(12):1-13.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910533Original name as described
Pipistrellus helios
Other common names
Helios Pipistrelle Bat · Heller's Pipistrelle · Samburu Pipistrelle
Type material
USNM:MAMM:181813
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d66ec1da-1e7f-4644-b835-d213a3be056fType locality
Merelle Water, 30 miles (= 48 km) south Mount Marsabit, Kenya.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
South Sudan · Somalia · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Djibouti?
Taxonomy notes
moved from Neoromicia to the recently described Afronycteris, although further genetic studies will be needed to cement this arrangement
Taxonomy notes citation
Monadjem, A., T. C. Demos, D. L. Dalton, P. W. Webala, S. Musila, J. C. K. Peterhans and B. D. Patterson (2021). A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191(4): 1114–1146.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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