Pseudoromicia
genus of bats
Pseudoromicia is a genus of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. All species in this genus are native to sub-Saharan Africa.
It contains the following species:
Dark-brown serotine, Pseudoromicia brunnea
Isabelline white-winged serotine, Pseudoromicia isabella
Kityo's serotine, Pseudoromicia kityoi
Mbam Minkom serotine, Pseudoromicia mbamminkom
Nyanza serotine, Pseudoromicia nyanza
Rendall's serotine, Pseudoromicia rendalli
Rosevear's serotine, Pseudoromicia roseveari
White-winged serotine, Pseudoromicia tenuipinnis
All species in this genus were previously classified in the genus Neoromicia until a 2020 study found them to form a distinct genus sister to Afronycteris, and they were thus reclassified in the new genus Pseudoromicia.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q99836920. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2020.
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