Pseudoromicia rendalli

(O. Thomas, 1889)

Rendall's Serotine

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Vespertilionini
Genus : Pseudoromicia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1889-04-01. Description of a new bat from the Gambia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)3(16):362-364.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15622155

Original name as described

Vesperugo (Vesperus) Rendalli

Other common names

Rendall's Pipistrelle

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1889.3.2.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b0ee173b-6403-4a02-9bba-0f1d156cfe41

Type locality

Bathurst, Gambia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Mali · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Somalia · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Zimbabwe · Botswana · South Africa

Taxonomy notes

moved from Neoromicia to the recently described Psuedoromicia

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005774

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.

Eptesicus faradjius

(J. A. Allen in J. A. Allen, Lang, & Chapin, 1917)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

faradjia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-49045

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49045

Authority page

444

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Vesperugo (Vesperus) Rendalli

(O. Thomas, 1889)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rendalli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1889.3.2.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b0ee173b-6403-4a02-9bba-0f1d156cfe41

Authority page

362

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15622155

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Eptesicus phasma

(G. M. Allen, 1911)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

phasma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:8279

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:8279

Authority page

327

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2815429

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Eptesicus rendalli

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rendalli

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) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Neoromicia rendalli phasma

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

phasma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Neoromicia rendalli

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rendalli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44924/22047902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Neoromicia rendalli rendalli

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rendalli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pipistrellus rendalli

(M. Happold & D. C. D. Happold, 2013)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rendalli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

645

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Happold & Happold (2013:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Pseudoromicia rendalli

Monadjem, Demos, D. L. Dalton, Webala, Musila, Kerbis Peterhans, & B. D. Patterson, 2020

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rendalli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1132

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

  1. Monadjem, Demos, Dalton, Webala, Musila, Kerbis Peterhans & Patterson (2020:1132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51199)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Vesperus hösemanni

(Matschie in Turni & Kock, 2008)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hoesemanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Zootaxa

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