Scotophilus nucella

C. B. Robbins, 1983

Robbins'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Robbins, C.B. 1983. A new high forest species in the African bat genus Scotophilus (Vespertilionidae). Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale 237:19-24.

Original name as described

Scotophilus nucella

Other common names

Robbins's House Bat · Lesser Nut-colored House Bat · Rainforest House Bat · Nucella House Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:412141

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/385436eec-47bb-47ba-9703-bf9895fc0a2f

Type locality

1 mile [= 1.6 km] north of Nkawkaw, Eastern region, Ghana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Uganda · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005693

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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 nucella

C. B. Robbins, 1983

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nucella

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:412141

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/385436eec-47bb-47ba-9703-bf9895fc0a2f

Authority page

19

Authority publication

Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44934/22045154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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