Neoromicia zuluensis

(A. Roberts, 1924)

Zulu Serotine

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Tribe: Vespertilionini
Genus: Neoromicia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Roberts, A. 1924-01-31. Some additions to the list of South African mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 10(2):59-76.

Authority publication link

https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA00411752_727

Original name as described

Eptesicus zuluensis

Other common names

Aloe Bat · Aloe Serotine · Zulu Pipistrelle Bat

Type material

TM 3024

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

White Umfolosi Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Botswana · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Kenya · Lesotho · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · South Africa · South Sudan · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005745

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 9 names and synonyms.

Eptesicus zuluensis

A. Roberts, 1924

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

zuluensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 3024

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

White Umfolosi Game Reserve

Type locality

South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal.

Authority page

60

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1924:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17634)
Allen (1939:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)
Corbet & Hill (1980:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Neoromicia vansoni

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

vansoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6553

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Zweizwe Waterhole north of Tsotsoroga Pan, Northern Bechuanaland

Type locality

Botswana.

Authority page

15

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Neoromicia pusilla vansoni:

Shortridge, 1934

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

vansoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

59

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)

Eptesicus vansoni:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

vansoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782177

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Eptesicus zuluensis vansoni:

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, & Hayman, 1953

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

vansoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)

Eptesicus zuluensis zuluensis:

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, & Hayman, 1953

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

zuluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)

Eptesicus somalicus zuluensis:

Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar, & C. M. Baker, 1986

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

zuluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Transvaal Museum Monograph

Name usages

Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar & Baker (1986:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17614)

Neoromicia zuluensis:

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

zuluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Monadjem, Demos, Dalton, Webala, Musila, Kerbis Peterhans & Patterson (2020:1127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51199)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44927/22047251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Demos, Webala, Monadjem & Patterson (2025:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68419)

Pipistrellus zuluensis:

M. Happold & D. C. D. Happold, 2013

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

zuluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

657

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Happold & Happold (2013:657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

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