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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
--> SUBFAMILY Vespertilioninae
--> TRIBE Vespertilionini
--> GENUS Mimetillus
SPECIES Mimetillus moloneyi
| Author: | Thomas, 1891. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 7: 528. | | Common Name: | Moloney's Mimic Bat | | Type Locality: | Nigeria, Western Region, Lagos. | | Distribution: | Sierra Leone east to Ethiopia and Kenya, Tanzania south to Mozambique, west to Zambia, S Dem. Rep. Congo, and Angola; no records have been documented in the central Congo Basin. | | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Cotterill (2001c) suggested that thomasi represents a distinct, large-bodied, savanna-dwelling species (moloneyi being a strict forest-dwelling species characterized by smaller size). However, additional locality and morphometric data indicate a more complex pattern (J. Fahr, pers. comm.). Accordingly, I have chosen to treat these taxa as conspecific pending a thorough revision. |
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