The Malagasy serotine (''Laephotis matroka''), is a species of
vesper bat
Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ...
. It is found only in
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. It was formerly classified in ''
Neoromicia
''Neoromicia'' is a genus of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It contains the following species:
* Anchieta's serotine (''Neoromicia anchietae'')
* Kirindy serotine (''Neoromicia bemainty'')
* Yellow serotine (''Neoromicia flavescens ...
'' before phylogenetic analysis found it to belong to ''
Laephotis
''Laephotis'' (known as the African long-eared bat) is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. Species within this genus are:
* Angolan long-eared bat (''Laephotis angolensis'')
* Botswanan long-eared bat (''Laephotis botswanae'')
* Cape ...
''.
References
Laephotis
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Bats of Africa
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Mammals described in 1905
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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