Scotophilus dinganii A. Smith 1833

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 : 466

Scotophilus dinganii A. Smith 1833

Scotophilus dinganii A. Smith 1833 , South African Quart. J., 2: 59.

Type Locality: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Prov., Port Natal (= Durban).

Vernacular Names: Yellow-bellied House Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Scotophilus dinganii subsp. dinganii A. Smith 1833

Subspecies Scotophilus dinganii subsp. colias Thomas 1904

Subspecies Scotophilus dinganii subsp. herero Thomas 1906

Subspecies Scotophilus dinganii subsp. pondoensis Roberts 1946

Distribution: Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and Sierra Leone east to Somalia, Djibouti, and S Yemen, and south to South Africa and Namibia.

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

Discussion: 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.