{{Short description|Species of bat}} {{speciesbox | name = Rendall's serotine | image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MAM.27153.b dor - Neoromicia rendalli - skin.jpeg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn 2017">{{cite journal|last1=Monadjem| first1= A.| last2= Taylor| first2= P.J.| last3= Jacobs| first3= D.| last4=Cotterill| first4= F.| year= 2017| title= Neoromicia rendalli| journal= The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species| volume= 2017| page= e.T44924A22047902| doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44924A22047902.en| doi-access= free}}</ref> | genus = Pseudoromicia | species = rendalli | authority = (Thomas, 1889) | synonyms = {{species list | Vesperugo (Vesperus) rendalli| Thomas, 1889 | Eptesicus rendalli| (Thomas, 1889) | Neoromicia rendalli}} }}
'''Rendall's serotine''' ('''''Pseudoromicia rendalli''''') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are savanna and subtropical or tropical shrubland,. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The species was first described in 1889 as ''Vesperago Rendalli'' by Oldfield Thomas, based on a specimen collected by dr. Percy Rendall at Bathurst, on the river Gambia.<ref name=Annals>{{cite journal | last = Thomas | first = Oldfield | author-link = Thomas Oldfield | date = 1889 | title = Description of a new Bat from the Gambia. Vesperago (Vesperus) Rendalli, sp. n. | journal = The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology | series = 6 | volume = 3 | pages = 362–364 | url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15622155 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
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Category:Pseudoromicia Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Mammals described in 1889 Category:Bats of Africa Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN <!-- Pseudoromicia rendalli -->
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