Rendall's serotine

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Rendall's serotine

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Pseudoromicia
Species:
P. rendalli
Binomial name
Pseudoromicia rendalli
(Thomas, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Vesperugo (Vesperus) rendalli Thomas, 1889
  • Eptesicus rendalli (Thomas, 1889)
  • Neoromicia rendalli

Rendall's serotine (Pseudoromicia rendalli) is a species of

Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are savanna and subtropical or tropical shrubland
,. It is threatened by
habitat loss
.

The species was first described in 1889 as Vesperago Rendalli by Oldfield Thomas, based on a specimen collected by dr. Percy Rendall at Bathurst, on the river Gambia.[2]

References

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  2. ^ Thomas, Oldfield (1889). "Description of a new Bat from the Gambia. Vesperago (Vesperus) Rendalli, sp. n." The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology. 6. 3: 362–364.