Scotonycteris bergmansi
Hassanin, Khouider, Gembu, S. M. Goodman, Kadjo, Nesi, Pourrut, Nakouné, & Bonillo, 2015
Bergmans's Fruit Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
| Superfamily | : Pteropodoidea |
| Family | : Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily | : Rousettinae |
| Tribe | : Scotonycterini |
| Genus | : Scotonycteris |
Species status
Authority citation
Hassanin, A., Khouider, S., Gembu, G.-C., Goodman, S.M., Kadjo, B., Nesi, N., Pourrut, X., Nakouné, E. and Bonillo, C. 2015-03. The comparative phylogeography of fruit bats of the tribe Scotonycterini (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) reveals cryptic species diversity related to African Pleistocene forest refugia. Comptes Rendus Biologies 338(3):197-211.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2014.12.003Original name as described
Scotonycteris bergmansi
Type material
MNHN-ZM-2011-713
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2011-713Type locality
"Central African Republic, Mbaéré-Bodingué National Park, Case of Kpoka, 3.90°N, 17.16°E, 430 m above sea level."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda? · Burundi? · Tanzania?
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Hassanin, A., Khouider, S., Gembu, G. C., Goodman, S. M., Kadjo, B., Nesi, N., ... & Bonillo, C. (2015). The comparative phylogeography of fruit bats of the tribe Scotonycterini (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) reveals cryptic species diversity related to African Pleistocene forest refugia. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 338(3), 197-211.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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