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.

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

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