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<emphasis id="16B24EB6750DA1515DC11CBB670031BC" italics="true" pageNumber="494">Neoromicia nanus</emphasis>
(Peters 1852)
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<emphasis id="F5090FA43BFC22E3799DFE00C083A4FE" italics="true" pageNumber="494">[Vespertilio] nanus</emphasis>
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="958AAA7EC480116912C5BB16C34B0C23" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="494">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="E721EE6C2338128574E6B67B6913B385" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="494">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="EF977A4759056470ACDE22BE282AE827" language="eng" pageNumber="494">Banana Pipistrelle</vernacularName>
.
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<paragraph id="5153509AEB0848C28FDA1703F06B9154" pageNumber="494">
<emphasis id="C438FAF35D5922A38404B4535EA8575E" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="494">Subspecies:</emphasis>
:
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Subspecies
<taxonomicName id="EFAEB59A97E693B46D2D9F4530C94366" authority="Peters 1852" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1852" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Neoromicia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageNumber="494" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="nanus" subSpecies="nanus">
<emphasis id="592EECD293B982880689F5512868ED2A" italics="true" pageNumber="494">Neoromicia nanus</emphasis>
subsp.
<emphasis id="CBCDC16B6628183FFEFC17260B670D3C" italics="true" pageNumber="494">nanus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="24D715A601870AC49036FEFBADA81AF6" author="Peters, W. C. H." refId="ref282132" refString="Peters, W. C. H. 1852. Reise nach Mossambique. I. Saugethiere. Druck &amp; Verlag, Berlin, 202 pp." year="1852">Peters 1852</bibRefCitation>
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Subspecies
<taxonomicName id="7562A54C834D7160A258FF6DF985FACB" authority="Thomas 1911" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Neoromicia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageNumber="494" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="nanus" subSpecies="culex">
<emphasis id="839D95C0ADD87A9F043AAB02DED624EE" italics="true" pageNumber="494">Neoromicia nanus</emphasis>
subsp.
<emphasis id="7A06A728E6DECB224F373AA8B54064DB" italics="true" pageNumber="494">culex</emphasis>
Thomas 1911
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<paragraph id="8C329ECEE22A7DB494AC07E8274D5171" pageNumber="494">
Subspecies
<taxonomicName id="B266690A34B0B20DDE932FF48DB53CEB" authority="Thomas 1926" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Neoromicia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageNumber="494" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="nanus" subSpecies="fouriei">
<emphasis id="84EB62078D7D5B36CD541643410EA260" italics="true" pageNumber="494">Neoromicia nanus</emphasis>
subsp.
<emphasis id="F1C184A99F8A609A1958FB87CDB6FDFC" italics="true" pageNumber="494">fouriei</emphasis>
Thomas 1926
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<paragraph id="F1124607C4E864622BD48A6A95B38AEC" pageNumber="494">
Subspecies
<taxonomicName id="E2C1E7D47603D3D5B111B6FA6D94A242" authority="Kock 2001" authorityName="Kock" authorityYear="2001" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Neoromicia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageNumber="494" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="nanus" subSpecies="meesteri">
<emphasis id="887260D967A75E7971A8DA9891A6A56C" italics="true" pageNumber="494">Neoromicia nanus</emphasis>
subsp.
<emphasis id="F72581BEE0F53CB30EF4EC30E7E5133F" italics="true" pageNumber="494">meesteri</emphasis>
Kock 2001
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7D5D8791DAF80F693FA0690D289D528B" pageNumber="494">
Subspecies
<taxonomicName id="45480074ED038AC6D8820CE9AC0789C0" authority="Miller 1900" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="1900" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Neoromicia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageNumber="494" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="nanus" subSpecies="minusculus">
<emphasis id="83ECBFE0B2DC7F83C2E2BB67B136CAD0" italics="true" pageNumber="494">Neoromicia nanus</emphasis>
subsp.
<emphasis id="9B374EB29F801874813FB69DD77F7A02" italics="true" pageNumber="494">minusculus</emphasis>
Miller 1900
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="738B789A48B55D4DDC67742A28BDDF79" pageNumber="494">
Subspecies
<taxonomicName id="887E32E127DF24965DA3C77530389AA7" authority="Jentink 1888" authorityName="Jentink" authorityYear="1888" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Neoromicia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageNumber="494" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="nanus" subSpecies="stampflii">
<emphasis id="9BC42E2D80D1305E6C0003813015E7AC" italics="true" pageNumber="494">Neoromicia nanus</emphasis>
subsp.
<emphasis id="186B3A799F08BD1634C02B1C78D09736" italics="true" pageNumber="494">stampflii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="63EF6664EC763ED75763D0E33D56EE28" author="Jentink, F. A." refId="ref173796" refString="Jentink, F. A. 1888. Catalogue systematique des Mammiferes. Museum d'Histoire Naturalle Pays-Bas, Leiden, 12: 1 - 280." year="1888">Jentink 1888</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="2550600D3FD4485BA7E5442D52C496F5" pageNumber="494" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="CE6F8D98779EA5281439D3724AB8941E" pageNumber="494">
<emphasis id="186AFC1B510894FBA9BC79AC6920BA21" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="494">Distribution:</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="A6FBDACE4997B194245B401F96DD6182" name="South Africa">South Africa</collectingCountry>
to
<collectingCountry id="1E04FF2B6AA28BB5DDEB09D2332606B8" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="085DA4DAC09828269B24A5644F06FBDE" name="Eritrea">Eritrea</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="EC7DC18F55AB6ECE009369CA083F1E45" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="C7AB63E7D4E1218335D809E7712B6C4C" name="Niger">Niger</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="8E500059FE008C5ADD65C98F113EC996" name="Serbia">Mali</collectingCountry>
, and
<collectingCountry id="2451580FD96FB7829DFCA9A63FAD3E29" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
;
<collectingCountry id="3C0E39DBBA050FCAC3BF642522397F62" name="Madagascar">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
;
<collectingRegion id="B2D299F37D61FB92C63BD00DB1A4A1FF" country="Tanzania" name="Kusini Pemba">Pemba</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingCountry id="0AD178B334C72860C2A0A0119867D2C6" name="Tanzania">Zanzibar</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="6033A5D637CBE441F6017C1DA1C3C939" pageNumber="494" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="E16CA4F4BE8CD4269A31649726A81769" pageNumber="494">
<emphasis id="3662E95A6BCEA82328997513AA92FFFC" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="494">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="02DFC8A52FFE52F56602ABACF993DEB7">IUCN</collectionCode>
2003 and
<collectionCode id="FABEEE1600E5B8680806FB962BACCCB7">IUCN</collectionCode>
/
<collectionCode id="F7BEA51210185C0514647777DE327845" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/9wqd-8bvt" name="Sacramento State University" type="">SSC</collectionCode>
Action Plan (2001) Lower Risk (lc) as
<taxonomicName id="900388FEACA172D455210EA0A59B68C9" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1852" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Pipistrellus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus">
<emphasis id="6CA5783FDC70C3292405622C2579EEEC" italics="true" pageNumber="494">Pipistrellus nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="D99653843444BD436F4726F7BBDFC6B5" pageNumber="494" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="327F39E787B03FFC17AECC11FFE8D887" pageNumber="494">
<emphasis id="8BFEAC84A37844FB4951AADDE18A07E4" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="494">Discussion:</emphasis>
Usually placed in
<taxonomicName id="ECB117F4B4ACD613754C1187AA87C768" authorityName="Kaup" authorityYear="1829" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Pipistrellus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CCE2094F5A0E8796686E0D4E4949FBFB" italics="true" pageNumber="494">Pipistrellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
<taxonomicName id="0D946480BAF306CC8094351214263B5A" authorityName="Kolenati" authorityYear="1856" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Hypsugo" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D0C015654812974BBF3C09B6874C7272" italics="true" pageNumber="494">Hypsugo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but recently transferred to
<taxonomicName id="04CBAB2E299F228C47B18DBAAB2F9CEE" authorityName="Roberts" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Neoromicia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="EEDA0575D3DAFE64EBFA217176CBE064" italics="true" pageNumber="494">Neoromicia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on analyses of karyotype data (
<bibRefCitation id="DF490BE5488185105501F43109E91D1E" author="Kearney, T. &amp; M. Volleth &amp; G. Contrafatto &amp; P. J. Taylor" refId="ref182078" refString="Kearney, T., M. Volleth, G. Contrafatto, and P. J. Taylor. 2002. Systematic implications of chromosome GTC-band and bacula morphology for Southern African Eptesicus and Pipistrellus and several other species of Vespertilioninae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Acta Chiropterologica, 4: 55 - 76." year="2002">Kearney et al., 2002</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="F9052D956E8252FD615C5B01C9A86272" author="Volleth, M. &amp; G. Bonner &amp; M. C. Gopfert &amp; K. - G. Heller &amp; O. von Helversen &amp; H. - S. Yang" refId="ref375380" refString="Volleth, M., G. Bonner, M. C. Gopfert, K. - G. Heller, O. von Helversen, and H. - S. Yang. 2001. Karyotype comparison and phylogenetic relationships of Pipistrellus-like bats (Vespertilionidae; Chiroptera; Mammalia). Chromosome Research, 9: 25 - 46." year="2001">Volleth et al., 2001</bibRefCitation>
). The oldest name for this species is
<taxonomicName id="7BE0D41FF0F721465E953C9F26ADFF94" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Nycticeinops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="DA27ED8C062F5D363F127873740B8FB3" italics="true" pageNumber="494">africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
<bibRefCitation id="42B771C6255C479605708D6EC951E80E" author="Koopman, K. F." refId="ref193392" refString="Koopman, K. F. 1975. Bats of the Sudan. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 154: 353 - 444." year="1975">Koopman [1975]</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="474D36CA4CB07E9D93A5585AE36A8821" author="Meester, J. A. J. &amp; I. L. Rautenbach &amp; N. J. Dippenaar &amp; C. M. Baker" refId="ref236076" refString="Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monograph, 5: 1 - 359." year="1986">Meester et al. [1986]</bibRefCitation>
, and
<bibRefCitation id="0E14466143CD80331BDAF232CA75A62A" author="Kock, D." refId="ref190204" refString="Kock, D. 2001 b. Identity of the African Vespertilio hesperida Temminck 1840 (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 81: 277 - 283." year="2001">
Kock [2001
<emphasis id="D788850DBC972FC2859E72F30985500C" italics="true" pageNumber="494">b</emphasis>
]
</bibRefCitation>
), but the name
<taxonomicName id="F10291930371BCD514D30CD76F59AD5C" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1852" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Pipistrellus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus">
<emphasis id="179056A99FD730A550A725E186D6A43A" italics="true" pageNumber="494">nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been applied to this taxon extensively in the literature for many decades. A petition has been filed with the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to conserve
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<emphasis id="9950C78D3B86F197A5E54DC58AA10D8D" italics="true" pageNumber="494">nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in place of
<taxonomicName id="61D43ED41CF879D9A7C98A40D3B85C1A" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Nycticeinops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="5C1FDC258DDC4EF22AE46F35E681B88F" italics="true" pageNumber="494">africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(M. Happold, pers. comm.) Pending a ruling of the International Commission, I follow
<bibRefCitation id="DE5CE8AB5BCD6EBB697B638AC112EC03" author="Koopman, K. F." refId="ref193873" refString="Koopman, K. F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137 - 241, in Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., 1207 pp." year="1993">Koopman (1993)</bibRefCitation>
in retaining the name
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<emphasis id="CE4D44306917D8FC47C75B192AAC5746" italics="true" pageNumber="494">nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for this species in the interest of stability. Does not include
<taxonomicName id="43D258EA9868F57461633CF424648667" baseAuthorityName="O'Shea" baseAuthorityYear="1980" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Neoromicia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="helios">
<emphasis id="573102F70A1C2AF17319904A94EB66AA" italics="true" pageNumber="494">helios</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see comments under that species. May not include
<emphasis id="930BFBE95A386CFAD45DDB5C15097627" italics="true" pageNumber="494">minusculus</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="579CC6F56C21EBA0AF51249696DF4945" italics="true" pageNumber="494">culex</emphasis>
, or
<emphasis id="E0827350E692C45D96149364C88CD4CF" italics="true" pageNumber="494">fouriei</emphasis>
; see
<bibRefCitation id="6B95F70CDDF562A09E8C3087795A17E9" author="Peterson, R. L." refId="ref282733" refString="Peterson, R. L. 1987. Notes on systematic variation in the nanus group of African Pipistrellus. Bat Research News, 28: 37." year="1987">Peterson (1987)</bibRefCitation>
, who suggested in an abstract that these taxa and
<taxonomicName id="1668BC6251038CAE3044080462BA6F58" baseAuthorityName="O'Shea" baseAuthorityYear="1980" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Neoromicia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="helios">
<emphasis id="92A84A983931245E34A50DD221A12A0F" italics="true" pageNumber="494">helios</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
represent two distinct species,
<taxonomicName id="0A7B3B8DC08F04EA874B5F01FB01062D" baseAuthorityName="O'Shea" baseAuthorityYear="1980" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Neoromicia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="helios">
<emphasis id="9E593979AA9C7B98A467A1D206315C03" italics="true" pageNumber="494">helios</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(no junior synonyms) and
<emphasis id="67D53E3588B653BD9A9E955A7F1C4B9D" italics="true" pageNumber="494">minusculus</emphasis>
(including
<emphasis id="066920CD06A42FC0711DB1A92703116C" italics="true" pageNumber="494">culex</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="5A64C3A39E12F5E5FC8EDD3699B56C43" italics="true" pageNumber="494">fouriei</emphasis>
). May not include
<emphasis id="32848ECA1BA9EB9A600A3F18EA1835BD" italics="true" pageNumber="494">pusillulus</emphasis>
(here treated as a syononym of
<emphasis id="B99AD361D8D1378C91F8F5E860BD5EB6" italics="true" pageNumber="494">meesteri</emphasis>
), see
<bibRefCitation id="FA01729871C198A7AAEC1776FAE6D1F9" author="Kock, D. &amp; L. Barnett &amp; J. Fahr &amp; C. Emms" refId="ref191017" refString="Kock, D., L. Barnett, J. Fahr, and C. Emms. 2002. On a collection of bats from Gambia (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Acta Chiropterologica, 4 (1): 77 - 97." year="2002">Kock et al. (2002)</bibRefCitation>
. It is probable that
<taxonomicName id="0F82738768A55D1B4CB4953FF98140B2" authorityName="Allen" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Nycticeinops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="ED8587BC072733BD1257E3780BBF5F17" italics="true" pageNumber="494">africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="BCDA729A01584F9641A6BE419F5076C2" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1852" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Pipistrellus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nanus">
<emphasis id="30D568245C46968366F72DD976905584" italics="true" pageNumber="494">nanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
represent different subspecies, but their limits have yet to be evaluated, see
<bibRefCitation id="3C342D0DF83834D1D326380C1D4830A5" author="Kock, D." refId="ref190204" refString="Kock, D. 2001 b. Identity of the African Vespertilio hesperida Temminck 1840 (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 81: 277 - 283." year="2001">
Kock (2001
<emphasis id="209F5B71DEC29EC54E47DD7F36CD4CD4" italics="true" pageNumber="494">b</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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