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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24345132

Original name as described

Scotoecus Hindei

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.2.5.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a04dc25a-f2ab-4d55-a4d4-e937af66332b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b930301e-b3ed-4aaa-b3ca-a906afcad05a

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005644

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.

Scotoecus Hindei

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hindei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.2.5.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a04dc25a-f2ab-4d55-a4d4-e937af66332b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b930301e-b3ed-4aaa-b3ca-a906afcad05a

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24345132

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Wroughton (1907:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68769)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. Demos, Webala, Monadjem & Patterson (2025:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68419)

Scotoecus falabae

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

falabae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.10.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/51462afe-8021-45d3-b2bc-869079d30d42 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dd351d64-263b-4b5a-941b-ece26c5362ba

Authority page

447

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131544

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Nycticeius (Scotoecus) hirundo falabae

(Hayman, 1963)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

falabae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

105

Authority publication

Publicações culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola

Name usages

Hayman (1963:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

S. h. falabae

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

falabae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

128

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

S. h. hindei

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hindei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

128

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Scotoecus hindei falabae

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

falabae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Scotoecus hindei hindei

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hindei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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