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.

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 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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