Greenish yellow bat

The greenish yellow bat (Scotophilus viridis)[2] is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry and moist savanna.

Greenish yellow bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Scotophilus
Species:
S. viridis
Binomial name
Scotophilus viridis
Peters, 1852

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.
  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.


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