African yellow bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Scotophilus |
Species: | S. dinganii
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Binomial name | |
Scotophilus dinganii A. Smith, 1833
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The African yellow bat (Scotophilus dinganii) is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae, the vesper bats. Other common names include African yellow house bat, yellow-bellied house bat, and Dingan's Bat.[1] It is one of fifteen species in the genus Scotophilus.