Rendall's serotine: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Rendall's serotine Neoromicia rendalli Least concern

Where the Rendall's serotine lives, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 10 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Neoromicia rendalli
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Vespertilionidae

Is the Rendall's serotine endangered?

The Rendall's serotine’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Rendall's serotine?

The Rendall's serotine (Neoromicia rendalli) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Vespertilionidae, genus Neoromicia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Rendall's serotine

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Rendall's serotine (revision 1232884822), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q290412 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).