Scotophilus nigrita

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Scotophilini
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: Scotophilus nigrita  (Near Threatened)
• Scotophilus nigrita in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Distribution

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

Vernacular names

English: Giant House Bat.