Scotophilus tandrefana

Goodman, R. K. B. Jenkins, & F. H. Ratrimomanarivo, 2005

Malagasy 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

Goodman, S.M., Jenkins, R.K.B. and Ratrimomanarivo, F.H. 2005. A review of the genus Scotophilus (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) on Madagascar, with the description of a new species. Zoosystema 27(4):867-882.

Authority publication link

https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/z2005n4a8.pdf

Original name as described

Scotophilus tandrefana

Other common names

Western Yellow Bat

Type material

UAnt DBA 46923

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Madagascar, Province de Mahajanga, just outside the limit of the Parc national de Bemaraha, 1.8 km SE from Bekopake and 0.6 km NE from Andadoany, 19°08.454'S, 44°48.732'E, 50 m above sea-level."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Goodman, S. M., Jenkins, R. K., & Ratrimomanarivo, F. H. (2005). A review of the genus Scotophilus (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) on Madagascar, with the description of a new species. Zoosystema, 27(4), 867.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005696

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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Scotophilus tandrefana

Goodman, R. K. B. Jenkins, & F. H. Ratrimomanarivo, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

tandrefana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UAnt DBA 46923

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

875

Authority publication

Zoosystema

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:886) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005696) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136675/22039268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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