White-bellied yellow bat

White-bellied yellow bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Scotophilus
Species:
S. leucogaster
Binomial name
Scotophilus leucogaster
Subspecies[2]
  • S. l. damarensis
  • S. l. leucogaster
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The white-bellied yellow bat (Scotophilus leucogaster) or white-bellied house bat,[3] is a species of vesper bat in the genus Scotophilus, the house bats. It can be found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. It is found in dry and moist savanna and open woodland. It is a common species with a very wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".[1]

  1. ^ a b Monadjem, A.; Griffin, M. (2017). "Scotophilus leucogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T20069A22032119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T20069A22032119.en.
  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. 466. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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