Scotophilus altilis
G. M. Allen, 1914
East African Yellow Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
| Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
| Family | : Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily | : Vespertilioninae |
| Tribe | : Scotophilini |
| Genus | : Scotophilus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Allen, G.M. 1914-07. Mammals from the Blue Nile Valley. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 58(7):305-357.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30516611Original name as described
Scotophilus altilis
Type material
MCZ:Mamm:14463
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:14463Type locality
"Aradeiba, above [= north of] Roseires, Blue Nile [province], Sudan."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Sudan · Ethiopia · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kenya
Taxonomy notes
split from S. leucogaster
Taxonomy notes citation
Vallo, P., Reeder, D. M., Vodzak, M. E., & Benda, P. (2019). Resurrection of an East African house bat species Scotophilus altilis Allen, 1914 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa, 4577(1), 148-160.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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