Neoromicia
Genus of bats
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Neoromicia is a genus of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.[1] It contains the following species:
- Anchieta's serotine (Neoromicia anchietae)
- Kirindy serotine (Neoromicia bemainty)
- Yellow serotine (Neoromicia flavescens)
- Tiny serotine (Neoromicia guineensis)
- Melck's house bat (Neoromicia melckorum)
- Somali serotine (Neoromicia somalica)
- Zulu serotine (Neoromicia zuluensis)
| Neoromicia | |
|---|---|
| |
| Somali serotine (N. somalica) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Vespertilioninae |
| Tribe: | Vespertilionini |
| Genus: | Neoromicia Roberts, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Eptesicus zuluensis Roberts, 1924 | |
| Species | |
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This genus formerly contained many more species, but most of these were reclassified into Afronycteris, Laephotis, or Pseudoromicia.[2][3]
