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Stanley’s Serotine

Neoromicia stanleyi

French: Vespére de Stanley / German: Stanley-Zwergfledermaus / Spanish: Neoromicia de Stanley

Taxonomy. Neoromicia stanleyi Goodman et al, 2017,

“ Botswana: Okavango Delta, Chitabe, Gomoti River, Highbanks, 19.41979S, 23.40413 E, 950 m above sea level.”

Previously included in N. capensis, where it was associated with a form known as melckorum; it differs from capensis in karyotype and allozymes. Monotypic.

Distribution. Botswana, in Okavango Delta along Gomoti River, Zambia in Kafue National Park, and Zimbabwe in Mana Pools National Park; it may occur in Mozambique and South Africa.

Descriptive notes. Head-body ¢.49-53 mm,tail 34-48 mm, ear 10-15 mm, hindfoot 6-9 mm, forearm 34-39 mm; weight 6:1-6-8 g. Dorsal pelage of Stanley’s Serotine is long, pale brown to dark brown; ventral pelage is chocolate-brown to silvery brown on chin and throat, merging to creamy or brownish cream on chest and belly, and cream or grayish white toward pelvic region. Wings are brown to blackish brown,slightly translucent, and with or without white hind border; interfemoral membrane is paler and more translucent than wings. Naked skin around muzzle and eyes has pinkish tinge. Ears are brown, subtriangular, and with rounded tip; tragusis just over one-half length of ear, with breadth nearly constant for most of length; anterior margin is concave; posterior margin smoothly convex with shallow, folded basal lobe;tip is rounded. Baculum is long (2-4-2-6 mm, two specimens), with distinct, ventrally deflected, flattened, roughly triangular distal tip; tip is short, and broad at distal edge, which is slightly concave; lateral tip flanges are only curved or notched on distal edge; shaft is slender and of uniform breadth. Skull is large in comparison with congeners (greatest skull lengths 14-8-15-4 mm); sagittal and occipital crests are slightly developed; braincase is low and narrow in lateral view, and has inflated occipital and parietal bones forming a helmet. I® is unicuspid orslightly bicuspid and one-half to two-thirds height of I%; lower molars are myotodont. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 40 and FNa = 50 (Zimbabwe), with a metacentric X-chromosome and an acrocentric Y-chromosome.

Habitat. Woodlands and riverine forests.

Food and Feeding. Diet consists, in order of importance, of Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Dictyoptera (particularly mantids), and Lepidoptera .

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red Lust.

Bibliography. Corbet & Hill (1980), Goodman et al. (2017), Hayman & Hill (1971), Kearney (2013h), Kearney et al. (2002), Koopman (1982c, 1994), Monadjem et al. (2013), Morales et al. (1991), Rautenbach et al. (1993), Simmons (2005).