Scotophilus nigrita

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Scotophilus nigrita Schreber, 1774

Type locality: Senegal.

Schreber, J.C.D. von, 1774: Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, 1: 1–188, Abb. 172. Walthersche Kunst- und Buchhandlung, Erlangen.
Eric Moise Bakwo Fils, Alima Bol A Anong & Fernand-Nestor Tchuenguem Fohouo. 2012: First record of the Giant House Bat Scotophilus nigrita (Schreber, 1774) in Cameroon (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Biodiversity journal, 3(1): 55–58. [1].
Robbins C.B., De Vree F. & Van Cakenberghe V., 1985: A systematic revision of the African bat genus Scotophilus (Vespertilionidae). Annales du Muséum Royal d'Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques, 246: 51–84.
Conservation status: IUCN: Scotophilus nigrita (Near Threatened)
Scotophilus nigrita in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

English: Giant House Bat.