Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Giant House Bat, Greater Brown Bat, Schreber's Yellow Bat
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,860 meters (0 to 6,102 feet).[1]
Ecology:
This species has been recorded from a variety of habitats
, ranging
from lowland tropical
moist forest
, to both moist and dry savanna
.
Animals have been found roosting in a house and in a hollow dead
palm tree
(Happold 1987).[2].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry
- 2.2 Savanna - Moist [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Chiroptera
()
- Blumenbach, 1779
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
()
- Dobson, 1875
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
()
- Koopman, 1984
- Superfamily:
Vespertilionoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Gill, 1872
- Family:
Vespertilionidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Vespertilioninae
()
- Tribe:
Nycticeini
()
- Genus:
Scotophilus
()
- Leach, 1821
- Specific name:
nigrita
- (Schreber, 1774)
- Scientific name: - Scotophilus nigrita (Schreber, 1774)
- Specific name:
nigrita
- (Schreber, 1774)
- Genus:
Scotophilus
(
- Tribe:
Nycticeini
(
- Subfamily:
Vespertilioninae
(
- Family:
Vespertilionidae
(
- Superfamily:
Vespertilionoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
(
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Scotophilus nigrita ssp. alvenslebeni
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Scotophilus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. borbonicus (House Bats) · S. celebensis (Sulawesi Yellow House Bat) · S. collinus (Sody's Yellow House Bat) · S. dinganii (African Yellow House Bat) · S. heathi (Greater Asiatic Yellow Bat) · S. heathii (Greater Asiatic Yellow House Bat) · S. kuhlii (Lesser Asiatic Yellow House Bat) · S. leucogaster (White-Bellied Yellow Bat) · S. marovaza (Marovaza House Bat) · S. nigrita (Greater Brown Bat) · S. nucella (Robbin's House Bat) · S. nux (Nut-Colored Yellow Bat) · S. robustus (Robust Yellow Bat) · S. tandrefana (Western Yellow Bat) · S. viridis (Lesser Yellow House Bat)
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 7, p. 94.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 254, p. 270, p. 300, p. 531, p. 580.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 110 1953 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 21, p. 350, p. 605, p. 620, p. 649, p. 669, p. 697, p. 713.
- Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1951. url p. 178.
- General function of the gall bladder from the evolutionary standpoint, by Frank W. Gorham and Andrew Conway Ivy. 22 1938 Chicago, 1938. url p. 190.
- Madagascar: an environmental profile IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 179.
- Observations on the biology of some Rhodesian bats: including a key to the Chiroptera of Rhodesia / Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1975. url p. 22, p. 5, p. 6, p. 7.
- Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1984 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url p. 4, p. 5.
- Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 15, p. 20.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 174, p. 207, p. 208, p. 317, p. 317, p. 355, p. 355.
- The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 231, p. 309.
- The Great Basin naturalist. 36 1976 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 169, p. 202.
- The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 276.
- The mammals of Africa: country lists. Draft document IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre, UNEP, WWF url .
- The mammals of Somaliland / London: Hurst and Blackett, 1910. url .
- The natural history of South Africa. .. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1919-20. url , .
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Cotterill, F.P.D 2008. Scotophilus nigrita. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- Cotterill, F.W. (GMA Africa Workshop) 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Cotterill, F.W. 2004. Scotophilus nigrita. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
- GBIF-Sweden: Mammals (NRM)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 105249
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-632153
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 632153
- IUCN ID: 241553
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10966
Footnotes
- Mean = 382.940 meters (1,256.365 feet), Standard Deviation = 564.070 based on 18 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Cotterill, F.P.D 2008. Scotophilus nigrita. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
