Rendall's serotine

Rendall's serotine
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific 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 vesper bat. It is found in Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 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

1. Monadjem, A.; Taylor, P.J.; Jacobs, D.; Cotterill, F. (2017). "Neoromicia rendalli". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T44924A22047902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44924A22047902.en.
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.