Scotophilus ejetai

Brooks & Bickham, 2014

Ejeta's 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

Brooks, D.M. and Bickham, J.W. 2014. New species of Scotophilus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 326:1-21.

Original name as described

Scotophilus ejetai

Other common names

Ejeta's House Bat

Type material

TCWC:Mamm:57970

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Ethiopia: Orimaya Region, Dogy River Bridge (8°21'43"N, 35°53'02"E) … 1390 m."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Brooks, D. M., & Bickham, J. W. (2014). New species of Scotophilus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from sub-Saharan Africa. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, 326, 1-21.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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