Neoromicia helios (Heller 1912)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 494

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scientific name	Neoromicia helios (Heller 1912)
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[Neoromicia] helios ( Heller 1912) , Smithson. Misc. Coll., 60 (12): 3.

Type Locality: Kenya, 30 mi S Mt. Marsabit, Merelle Water.

Vernacular Names: Samburu Pipistrelle.

Distribution: Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, NE Uganda, extreme S Sudan, N Tanzania. Maybe more widespread ( Peterson, 1987).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001).

Discussion: Considered to be a subspecies of nanus by some authors, but differences in bacular morphology ( Hill and Harrison, 1987), roosting and social behavior (O'Shea, 1980; Happold and Happold, 1996), habitat and pelage coloration, and the presence of a pair of glands on the interfemoral membrane in helios (O'Shea, 1980) that are rarely found in nanus indicate that helios is a distinct species (M. Happold, pers. comm.).