Scotophilus dinganii

(A. Smith, 1833)

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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Smith, A. 1833. African Zoology. South African Quarterly Journal (2)1(2):49-64.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968175

Original name as described

Vespertilio dinganii

Other common names

African Yellow House Bat · Dingan's Bat · Yellow-bellied House Bat

Type material

NHRM 1064

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

"South Africa,—between Natal [= Durban] and Delagoa Bay [= Maputo]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Gambia · Senegal · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Mali · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Eritrea · Djibouti · Somalia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Namibia · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho

Taxonomy notes

previously included colias

Taxonomy notes citation

Vallo, P., Benda, P., ČervenÝ, J., & Koubek, P. (2015). Phylogenetic position of the giant house bat Scotophilus nigrita (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Mammalia, 79(2), 225-231.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005684

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Vespertilio epichrysus

(Smuts, 1832)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

epichrysus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088796

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Smuts (1832:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60235)
  2. Temminck (1840:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  3. Schinz (1844:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  4. Fitzinger (1871:226, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36317339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67513)

Vespertilio dinganii

(A. Smith, 1833)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dinganii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM 1064

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968175

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Pipistrellus epichrysus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

epichrysus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

29

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Vesperugo dinganii

(Sundevall, 1847)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dinganii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

NHRM 1065

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2581776

Authority publication

Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar

Scotophilus dinganii

A. Smith, 1848

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dinganii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

pl. 53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577914

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1848:pl. 53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67662)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  9. Happold & Happold (2013:674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  13. Benda, Uvizl, Mazoch, Šklíba & Červený (2022:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62780)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20066/22030888) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nycticejus planirostris

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

planirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 527

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

758

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056772

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1852:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  2. Murray (1866:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Fitzinger (1870:378, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37091)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nycticejus Dingana

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dingana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

348

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580344

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Vespertilio epichrysis

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

epichrysis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Nycticejus Dinganii

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dinganii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

381

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704808

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:381, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37091)

Scotophilus nigrita Dingani

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dingani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108294

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1904:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16321)
  2. Roberts (1913:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  3. Hayman (1963:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

Scotophilus nigrita herero

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

herero

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.449

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8b7b70fe-38c5-4b2f-ae93-9f539ae47607

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472217

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Thomas (1929:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14027)
  3. Shortridge (1934:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  4. Hill & Carter (1941:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)

Scotophilus nigrita herrero

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

herrero

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439559

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Scotophilus nigrita dinganii

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dinganii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

304

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1946:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)

Scotophilus nigrita pondoensis

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pondoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ISAM C 6858

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

304

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1946:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)

S. l. dingani

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dingani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

128

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

S. l. herero

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

herero

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. l. pondoensis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pondoensis

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)

Scotophilus dinganii dinganii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dinganii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Scotophilus dinganii herero

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

herero

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Scotophilus dinganii pondoensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pondoensis

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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