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--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
--> SUBFAMILY Vespertilioninae
--> TRIBE Nycticeiini
--> GENUS Scotophilus
SPECIES Scotophilus dinganii
Author: | A. Smith, 1833. | Citation: | S. Afr. Quart. J., 2: 59. | Common Name: | Yellow-bellied House Bat | Type Locality: | South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Prov., Port Natal (= Durban). | Distribution: | Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and Sierra Leone east to Somalia, Djibouti, and S Yemen, and south to South Africa and Namibia. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Distinct from nigrita and leucogaster; see Schlitter et al. (1980) and Robbins et al. (1985). Includes colias; see Robbins et al. (1985). Also see Koopman (1975). Many literature records of this species are in error due to taxonomic confusion surrounding these names; see Robbins et al. (1985). Subspecies are poorly defined. |
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