Scott's mouse-eared bat
Scott's mouse-eared bat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Myotis |
Species: | M. scotti
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Binomial name | |
Myotis scotti Thomas, 1927
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Scott's mouse-eared bat (Myotis scotti) is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in Ethiopia, in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Taxonomy and etymology[]
Scott's mouse-eared bat was described as a new species in 1927 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. The eponym for the species name "scotti" was H. H. Scott. Scott had obtained the holotype near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[2]
References[]
- ^ Benda, P.; Lavrenchenko, L. (2017). "Myotis scotti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14199A22062198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T14199A22062198.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Thomas, O. (1927). "LX.—A new bat of the genus Myotis from Abyssinia". Journal of Natural History. 19 (113): 554–555. doi:10.1080/00222932708655532.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Mouse-eared bats
- Mammals of Ethiopia
- Endemic fauna of Ethiopia
- Mammals described in 1927
- Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
- Bats of Africa
- Vespertilionidae stubs