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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/29980034

Original 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-d3044b65ba0d

Type 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005744

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Vespertilio minutus somalicus

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

somalica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.6.9.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0285bb1e-533d-4b26-8b98-d3044b65ba0d

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980034

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Eptesicus capensis somalicus

(Hollister, 1916)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

somalica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837320

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Hollister (1916:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35049)

Eptesicus ugandæ

(Hollister, 1916)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ugandae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:166520

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ad924c9b-261b-42b7-bfd6-c7cbaf5c6949

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837320

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Hollister (1916:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35049)

Eptesicus somalicus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

somalica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

70

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:175, 176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Koopman (1993:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)

Pipistrellus somalicus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

somalica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Koopman (1994:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

P. s. somalicus

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

somalica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

P. s. ugandae

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ugandae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Neoromicia somalicus

Hoofer & Van Den Bussche, 2003

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

somalica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

  1. Hoofer & Van Den Bussche (2003:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1645)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Neoromicia somalicus somalicus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

somalica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Neoromicia somalicus ugandae

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ugandae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Neoromicia somalica

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

somalica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

821

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Monadjem, Demos, Dalton, Webala, Musila, Kerbis Peterhans & Patterson (2020:1127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51199)
  5. Benda, Uvizl, Mazoch, Šklíba & Červený (2022:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62780)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44925/22046866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  8. Demos, Webala, Monadjem & Patterson (2025:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68419)

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