Scotophilus robustus Milne-Edwards 1881

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 467

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scientific name	Scotophilus robustus Milne-Edwards 1881
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Scotophilus robustus Milne-Edwards 1881 , C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 91: 1035.

Type Locality: Madagascar.

Vernacular Names: Robust House Bat.

Distribution: N Madagascar.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Recognized as a subspecies of nigrita (when nigrita was used for the species now called dinganii ) by Hayman and Hill (1971). However, Robbins et al. (1985) considered it specifically distinct from dinganii and borbonicus . Reviewed by Peterson et al. (1995), who also considered it to be distinct.