Neoromicia
| Neoromicia | |
|---|---|
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| Somali serotine (N. somalica) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Vespertilioninae |
| Tribe: | Vespertilionini |
| Genus: | Neoromicia Roberts, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Eptesicus zuluensis Roberts, 1924 | |
| Species | |
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Neoromicia is a genus of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.[1] It contains the following species:
- Anchieta's serotine (Neoromicia anchietae)
- Kirindy serotine (Neoromicia bemainty)
- Yellow serotine (Neoromicia flavescens)
- Tiny serotine (Neoromicia guineensis)
- Melck's house bat (Neoromicia melckorum)
- Somali serotine (Neoromicia somalica)
- Zulu serotine (Neoromicia zuluensis)
This genus formerly contained many more species, but most of these were reclassified into Afronycteris, Laephotis, or Pseudoromicia.[2][3]
References
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Mammal Diversity Database (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-09-19
- ^ Monadjem, Ara; Demos, Terrence C; Dalton, Desire L; Webala, Paul W; Musila, Simon; Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C; Patterson, Bruce D (2020-09-10). "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. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa087. hdl:2263/84301. ISSN 0024-4082.