| Rendall's serotine | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoromicia |
| Species: | P. rendalli |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoromicia rendalli (Thomas, 1889) | |
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Rendall's serotine (Pseudoromicia rendalli) is a species ofvesper bat. It is found inBenin,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, andZambia. Its natural habitats aresavanna and subtropical or tropicalshrubland,.It is threatened byhabitat loss.
The species was first described in 1889 asVesperago Rendalli byOldfield Thomas, based on a specimen collected by dr.Percy Rendall atBathurst, on theriver Gambia.[2]
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