Scotophilus viridis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

Eastern Greenish 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1851. Hr. Peters legte von seinem Werke über Mossambique die erste Abtheilung der Säugethiere vor, und gab die Diagnosen der darin beschriebenen und abgebildeten neuen Arten. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851:756-759.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056773

Original name as described

Nycticejus viridis

Other common names

Green House Bat · Lesser Yellow House Bat

Type material

ZMB 73610

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mozambique Island, Mozambique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Central African Republic · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. nigritellus; includes mhlanganii, which is a nomen nudum

Taxonomy notes citation

Vallo, P., Benda, P., Červený, J., & Koubek, P. (2015). Phylogenetic position of the giant house bat Scotophilus nigrita (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Mammalia, 79(2), 225-231.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005698

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.

Nycticejus viridis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

viridis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 73610

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

759

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056773

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Scotophilus viridis

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

viridis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439525

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:888) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20073/22032552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Scotophilus viridis viridis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

viridis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Scotophilus mhlanganii

Jacobs, E. J. Kelly, M. Mason, & S. Stoffberg, 2007

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

mhlanganii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

884

Authority publication

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000782) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000782) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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