Authority citation: Peterson, R.L., Eger, J.L. and Mitchell, L. 1995. Chiroptères. Faune de Madagascar 84:1-204.
Original name as described: Eptesicus somalicus malagasyensis
Nominal names: malagasyensis (R. L. Peterson, Eger, & L. Mitchell, 1995)
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Vespertilionidae -- Subfamily: Vespertilioninae -- Tribe: Vespertilionini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ROM:MAM:42713
Type locality: 220 km NE Tuléar (= Toleara), Ilakaka, East of Sakaraha sous-prefecture, Madagascar (22°41' S, 45°13' E).
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Madagascar (MDG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:
Species-specific notes: split from Neoromicia somalica; moved from Neoromicia to Laephotis
Citation: Goodman, S. M., & Ranivo, J. (2004). The taxonomic status of Neoromicia somalicus malagasyensis. Mammalian Biology, 69(6), 434-438.|Monadjem, A., T. C. Demos, D. L. Dalton, P. W. Webala, S. Musila, J. C. K. Peterhans and B. D. Patterson (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.
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