Biology:Eastern greenish yellow bat

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Short description: Species of bat

Eastern greenish yellow bat
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Scotophilus
Species:
S. viridis
Binomial name
Scotophilus viridis
(Peters, 1852)
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 western greenish yellow bat (S. nigritellus) of western Africa was formerly considered conspecific.[3]

References

  1. 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20073/22032552. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. 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". South African Journal of Wildlife Research 40 (1): 73–76. doi:10.3957/056.040.0108. https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_other/rmrs_2010_monadjem_a001.pdf. 
  3. "Explore the Database". https://www.mammaldiversity.org/explore.html#species-id=1005692. 


Wikidata ☰ Q1833123 entry