Scotophilus leucogaster
(Cretzschmar, 1830)
White-bellied 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
Cretzschmar, P.J. 1830. [Heft 18, pl. 27-28]. Pp. 69–73 in Cretzschmar, P.J. 1826-1831. Säugethiere. Pp. 1–78 in Rüppell, E. Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Senckenbergische naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 78+55+24+47+141 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140689Original name as described
Nycticejus leucogaster
Other common names
Cretzschmar's Brown Bat · Lesser Yellow House Bat · White-bellied House Bat
Type material
SMF:MAMM:4309
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
Brunnen Nedger (= Nedger Wel or Bir Nedger), Kordofan Province, Sudan.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Mauritania · Mali · Senegal · Guinea? · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Sierra Leone · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Zimbabwe · Botswana · South Africa
Taxonomy notes
previously included S. altilits
Taxonomy notes citation
Vallo, P., Reeder, D. M., Vodzak, M. E., & Benda, P. (2019). Resurrection of an East African house bat species Scotophilus altilis Allen, 1914 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa, 4577(1), 148-160.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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