Scotoecus albigula

O. Thomas, 1909

White-throated Lesser House Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Pipistrellini
Genus : Scotoecus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1909-12-01. New African mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)4(24):542-549.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097925

Original name as described

Scotœcus albigula

Other common names

White-bellied Lesser House Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1910.4.1.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/046cbb57-bad8-4ee7-af24-0abaa1faf1fe https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/81c10d3f-eb21-41cb-bf19-ee145286b8ad

Type locality

Mt Elgon, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Somalia · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique

Taxonomy notes

somtimes included under S. hirundo, but the species is tentatively retained here

Taxonomy notes citation

Happold, M. 2012. Scotoecus hirundo. In: D. C. D. Happold and M. Happold (eds), The Mammals of Africa, Academic Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. · Monadjem, A., T. C. Demos, D. L. Dalton, P. W. Webala, S. Musila, J. C. K. Peterhans and B. D. Patterson (2021). A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191(4): 1114–1146.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005642

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Scotœcus albigula

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

albigula

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.4.1.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/046cbb57-bad8-4ee7-af24-0abaa1faf1fe https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/81c10d3f-eb21-41cb-bf19-ee145286b8ad

Authority page

544

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097925

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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