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Isabelline Serotine

Neoromicia isabella

French: Vespere isabelle / German: Isabelle-Zwergfledermaus / Spanish: Neoromicia isabela

Other common names: Isabelline White-winged Serotine

Taxonomy. Neoromicia isabella Decher, Hutterer & Monadjem in Decher et al., 2016 ,

“ Guinea, Province Macenta, Simandou Range, Foko Confluence, 8° 29’48.62”N, 8°54’48.22”W, ca. 765 m a.s.l,, captured in a net set across creek in rainforest.”

One representative of N. isabella was previously referred as N. cf. rendalli by A. Monadjem and colleagues in 2013. Monotypic.

Distribution. Guinea (Simandou Range) and Liberia (Mt Nimba).

Descriptive notes. Head-body 44-50 mm, tail 27-36 mm, ear 10-13 mm, forearm 28— 31-7 mm; weight 4-5-5 g. Tips of dorsal fur of the Isabelline Serotine are light rusty orange brown (“isabelline”); mid-dorsal hairs are c.4-5 mm long. Ears,lips, wings, uropatagium, and hindfeet are almost white, and covered by very short hairs. Only ear tips and dorsal surfaces of forearm, hindfeet, and tail have a pale brownish hue. Ear tip is rounded; tragus has small notch at base of anterior surface and is ¢.40% of ear length. Penis is long and covered by short whitish hairs. Skull is medium-sized (greatest skull lengths 12-513 mm) compared to congeners; dorsal profile of skull is slightly concaveat rostrum, and slopes gradually upward to occiput; sagittal crest is absent; lambdoid crest is faint. I* is unicuspid, and over twice the size of I’; upper tooth row is almost parallel.

Habitat. Two individuals were netted across a creek in rainforest at ¢. 765 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. One captured on Liberian side of Mount Nimba emerged from the roof of a hut in a small village.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. The Isabelline Serotine is known only from three specimens in areas that are threatened by mining activities.

Bibliography. Decher et al. (2016), Monadjem et al. (2013).

Figures

118. Cape Serotine (Neoromicia capensis), 119. Malagasy Serotine (Neoromicia matroka), 120. Isalo Serotine (Neoromicia malagasyensis), 121. Roberts’s Serotine (Neoromicia robertsi), 122. Stanley’s Serotine (Neoromicia stanleyi), 123. Zulu Serotine (Neoromicia zuluensis), 124. Tiny Serotine (Neoromicia guineensis), 125. Somali Serotine (Neoromicia somalica), 126. Banana Serotine (Neoromicia nanus), 127. Rendall’s Serotine (Neoromicia rendalli), 128. Dark-brown Serotine (Neoromicia brunnea), 129. Rosevear’s Serotine (Neoromicia roseveari), 130. Isabelline Serotine (Neoromicia isabella), 131. Grandidier’s Serotine (Neoromicia grandidieri), 132. White-winged Serotine (Neoromicia tenuipinnis), 133. Heller’s Serotine (Neoromicia helios), 134. De Winton’s LLong-eared Bat (Laephotis wintoni), 135. Angolan Long-eared Bat (Laephotis angolensis), 136. Botswanan Long-eared Bat (Laephotis botswanae), 137. Namib Long-eared Bat (Laephotis namibensis), 138. Sind Bat (Rhyneptesicus nasutus), 139. Collared Sprite (Thainycteris aureocollaris), 140. Necklace Sprite (Thainycleris torquatus), 141. Bronze Sprite (Arielulus circumdatus), 142. Social Sprite (Arelulus societatis), 143. Coppery Sprite (Arielulus cuprosus)

Distribution. Guinea (Simandou Range) and Liberia (Mt Nimba).