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Eastern greenish yellow bat

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Eastern greenish yellow bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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  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. 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" (PDF). South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 40 (1): 73–76. doi:10.3957/056.040.0108. S2CID 85916833.
  3. ^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-09-25.