Laephotis malagasyensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Laephotis malagasyensis (Peterson, Eger & Mitchell, 1995)

Holotype: ROM 42713, ♀, skin and skull.
Type locality: “Maninday, 220 km au N.-E. de Tuléar [=Toliara] (sous-préfecture de Sakaraha, sur la route nationale 7), 22°47’S, 44°48’E.”

Neoromicia somalicus malagasyensis Peterson, Eger & Mitchell, 1995: 100 [original combination, as subspecies]
Neoromicia malagasyensis: Goodman & Ranivo, 2004: 438 [subsequent combination, elevate to species status]
Laephotis malagasyensis: Monadjem et al., 2021 [subsequent combination]

Peterson, R.L., Eger, J.L. & Mitchell, L. 1995. Chiroptères. Faune de Madagascar 84: 1–204. Archive Reference page.
Goodman, S.M. & Ranivo, J. 2004. The taxonomic status of Neoromicia somalicus malagasyensis. Mammalian Biology 69(6): 434–438. DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00166 Reference page.
Monadjem, A., Demos, T.C., Dalton, D.L., Webala, P.W., Musila, S., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. & Patterson, B.D. [2020] 2021. A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191(4): 1114–1146. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa087 Reference page.

English: Peterson's Serotine