Scotophilus kuhlii

Leach, 1821

Lesser Asian 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

Leach, W.E. 1821-06-21. The characters of three new genera of bats without foliaceous appendages to the nose. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1):69-72.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754799

Original name as described

Scotophilus Kuhlii

Other common names

Lesser Asian House Bat · Lesser Asiatic Yellow House Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:2003.56

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1797a1fe-c016-4992-814b-b7708594089d

Type locality

India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic · Australasia

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Sri Lanka · Nepal · Bangladesh · Myanmar · China · Taiwan · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Philippines · East Timor

Taxonomy notes

may included S. collinus as a synonym, but the species is tentatively retained here until molecular data is used to determine its species status

Taxonomy notes citation

Tu, V. T., Görföl, T., Csorba, G., Arai, S., Kikuchi, F., Fukui, D., ... & Hassanin, A. Integrative taxonomy and biogeography of Asian yellow house bats (Vespertilionidae: Scotophilus) in the Indomalayan Region. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 00, 1-24.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005687

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.

Scotophilus castaneus consobrinus

J. A. Allen, 1906

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

consobrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-26788

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-26788

Authority page

485

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26889597

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Nycticejus castaneus

(Horsfield, 1851)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

castaneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.116

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ffd78a72-a640-4abb-9a43-0e6e9dd7a2bd

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832316

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Blyth (1863:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Scotophilus wroughtoni

O. Thomas, 1897

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

wroughtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.6.8.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1ecdbc4d-0132-4657-b5dc-82cd05bbe1b3

Authority page

275

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30157008

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Scotophilus gairdneri

Kloss, 1917

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

gairdneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1432 (= CBK 2612)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95492133-bbf2-4dac-a8ab-8e76dd7f2367

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12264294

Authority publication

Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam

Scotophilus Kuhlii

Leach, 1821

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

kuhlii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:2003.56

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1797a1fe-c016-4992-814b-b7708594089d

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754799

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20068/22031278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pachyotis temminckii panayensis

(Sody, 1928)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

panayensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:1110

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=3733fa3c-fdff-4f7d-8b4f-f48980c8986d

Authority page

90

Authority publication

Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië

Scotophilus castaneus solutatus

Sody, 1936

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

solutatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.29827.a, RMNH.MAM.29827.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.29827.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.29827.b

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië

Nycticeus Temminckii

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814743

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1836:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Nycticejus temminckii

(Temminck, 1840)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

149

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  3. Blyth (1853:411, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67348)
  4. Blyth (1863:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Pipistrellus Frederici

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

frederici

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

30

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Nyctalus Temminckii

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

27

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Scotophilus kuhli

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

kuhli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

73

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Scotophilus kuhlii castaneus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

castaneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Scotophilus kuhlii consobrinus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

consobrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Scotophilus kuhlii gairdneri

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

gairdneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Scotophilus kuhlii kuhlii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

kuhlii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Scotophilus kuhlii panayensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

panayensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Scotophilus kuhlii solutatus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

solutatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Scotophilus kuhlii temminckii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Vespertilio temminckii

(Horsfield, 1824)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31111912

Authority publication

London

Vespertilio Frederici

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

frederici

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

82

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814773

Authority publication

Paris

Scotophilus castaneus

J. E. Gray, 1838

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

castaneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

498

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026401

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

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

Scotophilus Noctula var. Sumatrana

J. E. Gray, 1838

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

sumatrana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

497

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026400

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

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

Noctulinia fulvus

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

fulvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

258

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324282

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Scotophilus fulvus

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

fulvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729620

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Nycticejus (?) Swinhoei

(E. Blyth, 1860)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

swinhoei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37191431

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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