Scotoecus hindei

O. Thomas, 1901

Hinde's 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. 1901-03-01. A new scotophiline bat from British East Africa, with the description of a new genus of the group. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)7(39):263-265.

Original name as described

Scotoecus Hindei

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.2.5.1

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kitui, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kenya · Uganda · Tanzania · 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

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