Scotophilus nigrita

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

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Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Nycticeiini
Genus: Scotophilus
Species: Scotophilus nigrita
Subspecies: S. n. alvenslebeni - S. n. nigrita

Name

Scotophilus nigrita Schreber, 1774

Type locality: Senegal.

References

• 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 link: Scotophilus nigrita (Near Threatened)
• Scotophilus nigrita in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).

Distribution

• Senegal to Sudan, Congo, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Malawi, & Mozambique

Vernacular names

English: Giant House Bat.