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
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/24345132Original 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-a906afcad05aType 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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