Neoromicia tenuipinnis (Peters 1872)

[Vesperus] tenuipinnis Peters 1872, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1872: 263.

Type Locality: " Guinea ".

Vernacular Names: White-winged Serotine.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Neoromicia tenuipinnis subsp. tenuipinnis Peters 1872

Subspecies Neoromicia tenuipinnis subsp. ater J. A. Allen 1917

Distribution: Senegal to Kenya and Ethiopia, south to Angola and Dem. Rep. Congo.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as Eptesicus tenuipinnis .

Discussion: bicolor (known only from the type locality in Angola) was tentatively included here by Hayman and Hill (1971), but it may be an older name for Hypsugo anchietae; see Koopman (1975) and Hill and Harrison (1987).