Eastern greenish yellow bat
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Eastern greenish yellow bat | |
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Conservation status
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Scotophilus |
Species: | S. viridis
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Binomial name | |
Scotophilus viridis (Peters, 1852)
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Synonyms | |
Nycticejus viridis |
The eastern greenish yellow bat (Scotophilus viridis)[2] is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Botswana, Central African Republic,Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry and moist savanna.
The (S. nigritellus) of western Africa was formerly considered conspecific.[3]
References[]
- ^ Monadjem, A.; Griffin, M. (2017). "Scotophilus viridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T20073A22032552. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T20073A22032552.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ In some sources, the bat is referred to by the nomen nudum "Scotophilus mhlanganii". See: Monadjem, Ara; Raabe, Tara; Dickerson, Brian; Silvy, Nova; McCleery, Robert (2010). "Roost use by two sympatric species ofin a natural environment" (PDF). South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 40 (1): 73–76. doi:10.3957/056.040.0108. S2CID 85916833.
- ^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Scotophilus
- Mammals described in 1852
- Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
- Bats of Africa
- Vespertilionidae stubs