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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/37140689

Original 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005688

Country distribution map

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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 damarensis

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

damarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.463

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8ac997da-b634-47b6-bc88-12e577223ca2

Authority page

175

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472218

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Nycticejus leucogaster

(Cretzschmar, 1830)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4309

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

71, pl. 28a

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140689

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

Temminck (1840:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)

Nycticejus flavigaster

(von Heuglin, 1861)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

flavigaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 983a, SMNS 983

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45613530

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

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

Pipistrellus leucogaster

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

29

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Nicticejus leucogaster

(Rüppell, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

157, 188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886820 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886851

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Scotophilus nigrita leucogaster

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108294

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1904:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16321)

Scotophilus leucogaster

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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, 204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20069/22032119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Scotophilus leucogaster damarensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

damarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Scotophilus leucogaster leucogaster

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Nycticejus murino-flavus

(von Heuglin, 1861)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

murinoflavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45613531

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

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

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