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
Authority citation
Smith, A. 1833. African Zoology. South African Quarterly Journal (2)1(2):49-64.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968175Original 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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