Neoromicia somalica
(O. Thomas, 1901)
Somali Serotine
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Chiroptera |
Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
Family | : Vespertilionidae |
Subfamily | : Vespertilioninae |
Tribe | : Vespertilionini |
Genus | : Neoromicia |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1901-07-01. Some new African bats (including one from the Azores) and a new Galago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)8(43):27-34.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980034Original name as described
Vespertilio minutus somalicus
Other common names
Somali Pipistrelle Bat · Somali Serotine Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1898.6.9.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0285bb1e-533d-4b26-8b98-d3044b65ba0dType locality
Hargeisa, Northwest Province, Somalia.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Senegal · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Mali · Burkina Faso · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Eritrea · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Tanzania · Malawi? · Zimbabwe? · Namibia? · Botswana? · South Africa?
Taxonomy notes
previously included Laephotis malagasyensis; this species includes the name humbloti, which has priority over somalicus, although the name may represent a distinct species or a synonym of Laephotis malagasyensis; somalicus is tentatively retained here as the epithet for this species
Taxonomy notes citation
Goodman, S. M., & Ranivo, J. (2004). The taxonomic status of Neoromicia somalicus malagasyensis. Mammalian Biology, 69(6), 434-438. · 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
Least Concern
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