Schreber's yellow bat

Schreber's yellow bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Scotophilus
Species:
S. nigrita
Binomial name
Scotophilus nigrita
(Schreber, 1774)
Subspecies[2]
  • S. n. alvenslebeni
  • S. n. nigrita
Synonyms

Vespertilio nigrita (Schreber, 1774)

Schreber's yellow bat (Scotophilus nigrita) or the giant house bat,[1] is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna. It is an uncommon species and its biology is poorly known. It was first described in 1774 by the German naturalist Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, who named it Vespertilio nigrita. It was later transferred to the genus Scotophilus, making it Scotophilus nigrita.[3]

  1. ^ a b Monadjem, A.; Cotterill, F.P.D. (2017). "Scotophilus nigrita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T20070A22031866. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T20070A22031866.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 467. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kingdon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).