Scotophilus nucella, Robbins, 1983

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Robbins’s Yellow Bat

Scotophilus nucella

French: Scotophile de Robbins / German: Robbins-Hausfledermaus / Spanish: Scotofilo de Robbins

Other common names: Robbins’'s House Bat, Lesser Nut-colored House Bat, Rainforest House Bat, Nucella House Bat, Little Nut-colored House Bat

Taxonomy. Scotophilus nucella Robbins, 1983 ,

1 mile [= 1-6 km] north of Nkawkaw, Eastern region, Ghana .

Scotophilus nucella was treated as a subspecies of leucogaster but now as a distinct species. Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from SE Ivory Coast, S Ghana, extreme WC Uganda, and Kambai Forest Reserve in East Usambara Mts of Tanzania.

Descriptive notes. Head-body c¢.74 78 mm, tail 41-47 mm, ear 15-16 mm, hindfoot 10-12 mm, forearm 49-53 mm. Pelage is soft and sleek. Dorsal pelage is dark rusty brown to blackish brown; dorsal hairs are unicolored or have paler bases. Ventral pelage is slightly paler and dark brown to reddish orange. Ears are short, widely separated, and dark brown, with strongly convex inner margin and lobe at base; outer margin is fairly straight, with semicircular fleshy antitragus. Tragus has pointed tip and concave anterior margin. Wings and uropatagium are sepia-brown. Braincase is relatively inflated, and sagittal crest forms a helmet.

Habitat. Rainforests. Robbins’s Yellow Bat is known from high forest vegetation zone in Ghana and Uganda and might occur in high forest areas of West, Central, and East Africa.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List.

Bibliography. Grubb et al. (1998), Koopman (1993, 1994), Robbins (1983), Simmons (2005).

Figures

269. Lesser Asiatic Yellow Bat (Scotophilus kuhlii), 270. Sody’s Yellow Bat (Scotophilus collinus), 271. Greater Asiatic Yellow Bat (Scotophilus heathii), 272. Sulawesi Yellow Bat (Scotophilus celebensis), 273. Nut-colored Yellow Bat (Scotophilus nux), 274. Malagasy Yellow Bat (Scotophilus tandrefana), 275. Marovaza Yellow Bat (Scotophilus marovaza), 276. White-bellied Yellow Bat (Scotophilus leucogaster), 277. East African Yellow Bat (Scotophilus altilis), 278. Robust Yellow Bat (Scotophilus robustus), 279. Lesser Yellow Bat (Scotophilus borbonicus), 280. Eastern Greenish Yellow Bat (Scotophilus viridis), 281. Ejeta’s Yellow Bat (Scotophilus ejetai), 282. Schreber’s Yellow Bat (Scotophilus nigrita), 283. Robbins’s Yellow Bat (Scotophilus nucella), 284. Andrew Rebori’s Yellow Bat (Scotophilus andrewreborii), 285. Western Greenish Yellow Bat (Scotophilus nigritellus), 286. Livingstone’s Yellow Bat (Scotophilus livingstonii), 287. Trujillo's Yellow Bat (Scotophilus trujilloi), 288. African Yellow Bat (Scotophilus dinganii), 289. Eritrean Yellow Bat (Scotophilus colias), 290. North American Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis), 291. Cuban Evening Bat (Nycticeius cubanus), 292. Temminck’s Mysterious Bat (Nycticetus aenobarbus)

Distribution. Known only from SE Ivory Coast , S Ghana , extreme WC Uganda , and Kambai Forest Reserve in East Usambara Mts of Tanzania .