Scotoecus albofuscus

(O. Thomas, 1890)

Light-winged 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. 1890-02-03. Description of a new Scotophilus from the Gambia, with remarks on some of the allied species. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 29:84-88.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29871326

Original name as described

Scotophilus albofuscus

Other common names

Thomas' House Bat · Thomas's Lesser House Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1889.12.12.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4967e583-73ec-4a41-b27b-52c47ca523af https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5a7d78f2-b422-4d1b-ab38-edd3785f3688

Type locality

"Bathurst, River Gambia," Gambia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Benin · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Cote d'Ivoire · Gambia · Ghana · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Nigeria · Senegal · Sierra Leone · South Africa · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda · South Sudan? · Mali · Guinea · Zambia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005643

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.

Scotophilus albofuscus

(O. Thomas, 1890)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

albofuscus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1889.12.12.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4967e583-73ec-4a41-b27b-52c47ca523af https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5a7d78f2-b422-4d1b-ab38-edd3785f3688

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29871326

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Scotoecus woodi

O. Thomas, 1917

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

woodi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1917.2.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/131c37d7-dba3-4666-9603-fde005c7090f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/54316e2e-f2bc-4be8-ab63-e600c60e3849

Authority page

280

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15627363

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Scotoecus albofuscus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

albofuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

72

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20054/22025597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Scotoecus albofuscus albofuscus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

albofuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Scotoecus albofuscus woodi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

woodi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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