Scotophilus trujilloi

Brooks & Bickham, 2014

Trujillo'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

Authority citation

Brooks, D.M. and Bickham, J.W. 2014. New species of Scotophilus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 326:1-21.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57806524

Original name as described

Scotophilus trujilloi

Other common names

Trujillo's House Bat

Type material

CM 98038

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Kenya: Coastal Province, Kwale District, Moana Marine Station, 1 km S, 2 km E Ukunda (4°18'S, 39°35'E)."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Somalia? · Tanzania?

Taxonomy notes

recently described; the name borbonicus based on specimens reported from Reunion Island likely represents this species and it was considered a nomen dubium by Goodman et al., 2020; however, this seems premature and the name borbonicus is likely better treated as the senior name of S. trujilloi

Taxonomy notes citation

Brooks, D. M., & Bickham, J. W. (2014). New species of Scotophilus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from sub-Saharan Africa. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, 326, 1-21. · Goodman, S. M., Fratpietro, S., & Tortosa, P. (2020). Insight into the Identity and Origin of Scotophilus borbonicus (E. Geoffroy, 1803). Acta Chiropterologica, 22(1), 41-47.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005697

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 trujilloi

Brooks & Bickham, 2014

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

trujilloi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 98038

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57806524

Authority publication

Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005697) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84466859/84466867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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