Scotophilus Leach 1821

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 : 465

Scotophilus Leach 1821

Scotophilus Leach 1821 , Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13: 69.

Type Species: Scotophilus kuhlii Leach 1821

Synonyms: Pachyotus Gray 1831 .

Species and subspecies: 12 species with 20 subspecies:

Species Scotophilus borbonicus (E. Geoffroy 1803)

Species Scotophilus celebensis Sody 1928

Species Scotophilus collinus Sody 1936

Species Scotophilus dinganii A. Smith 1833

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

Species Scotophilus heathii Horsfield 1831

Subspecies Scotophilus heathii subsp. heathii Horsfield 1831

Subspecies Scotophilus heathii subsp. insularis Allen 1906

Subspecies Scotophilus heathii subsp. watkinsi Sanborn 1952

Species Scotophilus kuhlii Leach 1821

Subspecies Scotophilus kuhlii subsp. kuhlii Leach 1821

Subspecies Scotophilus kuhlii subsp. castaneus Horsfield 1851

Subspecies Scotophilus kuhlii subsp. consobrinus Allen 1906

Subspecies Scotophilus kuhlii subsp. gairdneri Kloss 1917

Subspecies Scotophilus kuhlii subsp. panayensis Sody 1928

Subspecies Scotophilus kuhlii subsp. solutatus Sody 1936

Subspecies Scotophilus kuhlii subsp. temminckii Horsfield 1824

Species Scotophilus leucogaster Cretzschmar 1830

Subspecies Scotophilus leucogaster subsp. leucogaster Cretzschmar 1830

Subspecies Scotophilus leucogaster subsp. damarensis Thomas 1906

Species Scotophilus nigrita (Schreber 1774)

Subspecies Scotophilus nigrita subsp. nigrita Schreber 1774

Subspecies Scotophilus nigrita subsp. alvenslebeni Dalquest 1965

Species Scotophilus nucella Robbins 1973

Species Scotophilus nux Thomas 1904

Species Scotophilus robustus Milne-Edwards 1881

Species Scotophilus viridis Peters 1852

Subspecies Scotophilus viridis subsp. viridis Peters 1852

Subspecies Scotophilus viridis subsp. nigritellus de Winton 1899

Discussion: Includes Pachyotus ; see Walker et al. (1975). African species revised by Robbins et al. (1985); also see Peterson et al. (1995).