Scotophilus borbonicus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Réunion 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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1803. Catalogue des Mammifères du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Privately published, Paris, 272 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/details/bsb10482289

Original name as described

Vespertilio borbonicus

Other common names

Réunion House Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.28508.a, RMNH.MAM.28508.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.28508.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.28508.b

Type locality

Ile Bourbon [=Réunion Island].

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Réunion

Taxonomy notes

likely synonymous with S. trujilloi based on molecular data; was considered a nomen dubium by Goodman et al., 2020, although this seems premature and the name borbonicus is likely better treated as the senior name of S. trujilloi

Taxonomy notes citation

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006739

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.

Vespertilio borbonicus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

borbonicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.28508.a, RMNH.MAM.28508.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.28508.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.28508.b

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Rafinesque (1817:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
  3. Desmarest (1821:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523906) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  4. Lesson (1827:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  5. Gervais (1849:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57438732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60636)

Nycticejus borbonicus

(Temminck, 1840)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

borbonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

153

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Matschie (1895:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Pipistrellus borbonicus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

borbonicus

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)

Scotophilus borbonicus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

borbonicus

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) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:888) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006739) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20064/22024708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Vespertilio burbonicus

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

burbonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528935

Authority publication

Stuttgart

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