Melck's house bat

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Melck's house bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Neoromicia
Species:
N. melckorum
Binomial name
Neoromicia melckorum
Roberts, 1919
Neoromicia melckorum range Madagascar.svg
Known localities of the bat Neoromicia melckorum on Madagascar (mainland African distribution not shown)
Synonyms

Eptesicus melckorumRoberts, 1919

Melck's house bat (Neoromicia melckorum) is a species of vesper bat.

It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Madagascar.

Its natural habitats are dry savanna and moist savanna.

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References

  1. Jacobs, D. (2019). "Neoromicia melckorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T44922A22047486.