Somali serotine

The Somali serotine (Neoromicia somalica) is a species of vesper bat.

Somali serotine

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Neoromicia
Species:
N. somalica
Binomial name
Neoromicia somalica
(Thomas, 1901)
Synonyms

Eptesicus somalicus (Thomas, 1901)

It is found in Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna and moist savanna.

References

  1. Monadjem, A.; Jacobs, D. (2017). "Neoromicia somalica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T44925A22046866. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44925A22046866.en.


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