Scotophilus

Scotophilus kuhlii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Nycticeiini
Genus: Scotophilus
Species (20): S. altilis – S. andrewreborii – S. borbonicus – S. colias – S. collinus – S. dinganii – S. ejetai – S. heathii – S. kuhlii – S. leucogaster – S. livingstonii – S. marovaza – S. nigrita – S. nigritellus – S. nucella – S. nux – S. robustus – S. tandrefana – S. trujilloi – S. viridis

Name

Scotophilus Leach, 1821: 69

• Type species: Scotophilus Kuhlii Leach, 1821, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Pachyotus Gray, 1831: 38
  • Type species: Scotophilus Kuhlii Leach, 1821, by subsequent designation.

References

Primary references

• Leach, W.E. 1821. The Characters of three new Genera of Bats without foliaceous Appendages to the Nose. The Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London 13: 69–72. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1831. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Bats. The Zoological Miscellany 37–38. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Goodman, S.M., Jenkins, P.D. & Ratrimomanarivo, F.H. 2005. A review of the genus Scotophilus (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) on Madagascar, with the description of a new species. Zoosystema 27(4): 867–882. PDF Reference page. 
• Goodman, S.M., Ratrimomanarivo, F.H. & Randrianadrianina, F.H. 2006. A new species of Scotophilus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from western Madagascar. Acta Chiropterologica 8(1): 21–37. DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8[21:ANSOSC]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Brooks, D.M. & Bickham, J.W. 2014. New species of Scotophilus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Sub-Saharan Africa. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 326: 1–21. BHL Reference page. 
• Vallo, P., Reeder, D.M., Vodzak, M.E. & Benda, P. 2019. Resurrection of an East African house bat species Scotophilus altilis Allen, 1914 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa 4577(1): 148–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.1.9 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Yellow Bats