Neoromicia roseveari, Monadjem, 2013

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Vespertilionidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 716-981 : 823

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6397752

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6578476

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scientific name

Neoromicia roseveari
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129. View Plate 60: Vespe

Rosevear’s Serotine

Neoromicia roseveari View in CoL

French: Vespere de Rosevear / German: RosevearZwergfledermaus / Spanish: Neoromicia de Rosevear

Taxonomy. Neoromicia roseveari Monadjem et al., 2013 View in CoL ,

“across the Yit River in mature riparian rainforest (07°29' N, 08°35'W),” on the edge of East Nimba Nature Reserve, Nimba Province, Liberia. GoogleMaps

Separated from other similar taxa based on molecular data and craniodental and bacular morphology; known from few specimens. Monotypic.

Distribution. Guinea (Simandou Range) and Liberia (Mt Nimba). View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 47-50 mm, tail 39-44 mm, ear c¢. 8 mm, forearm c. 37 mm; weight 6-6-3 g. Dorsal and ventral pelage of Rosevear’s Serotine are similar in color, being chocolate-brown, unicolored above and slightly bicolored below. Wings and interfemoral membrane are dark brown. Ears are comparatively short and round; tragus has curved outer margin and distinct lobe at base. Skull is comparatively robust for Neoromicia ; rostrum is broad; braincase is broad and rises distinctly and sharply above level of rostrum; posterior region of parietal/supraoccipital crest does not form a helmet;sagittal and lambdoid crests are low. Upper tooth row converges anteriorly; I? is bifid; I’ reaches ¢.66% length of 1%; P? is absent; and C! is in contact with P*. A. Monadjem and colleagues reported dental formula to be: 12/3, C1/1,P1/2,M 2/3 (x2) = 30, but this seems to be an error because their published image of the skull shows the normal formula for the genus.

Habitat. Forested habitats at the base of Mount Nimba. Two specimens were netted in primary forest, suggesting that the species may be forest-dependent.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. In the Simandou Range, Guinea, a pregnant Rosevear’s Serotine with an embryo of 20 mm crown-rump length was caught in March.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Endangered on The IUCN Red List. The only two populations known are underincreasing threat due to deforestation for logging, mining, and slash-and-burn agriculture.

Bibliography. ACR (2017), Decher et al. (2016), Monadjem et al. (2013).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Vespertilionidae

Genus

Neoromicia

Loc

Neoromicia roseveari

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier 2019
2019
Loc

Neoromicia roseveari

Monadjem 2013
2013
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