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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
--> SUBFAMILY Vespertilioninae
--> TRIBE Vespertilionini
--> GENUS Neoromicia
SPECIES Neoromicia melckorum
| Author: | Roberts, 1919. | | Citation: | Ann. Transvaal Mus., 6: 113. | | Common Name: | Melcks' Serotine | | Type Locality: | South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Berg River, Kersfontein. | | Distribution: | SW South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania. | | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as Eptesicus melckorum. | | Comments: | This species has not been clearly distinguished from capensis, see discussion in Rautenbach et al. (1993) and Kearney et al. (2002). Koopman (1994) noted that the type series from W Cape Province is probably conspecific with capensis; however, material from the northern part of the supposed range of melckorum (Kenya to Zambia and Transvaal) is clearly distinct from capensis and should be renamed. |
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