Scotophilus nigrita (Schreber, 1774)

Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 137-241 : 227

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353060
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7291291
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scientific name	Scotophilus nigrita (Schreber, 1774)
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Scotophilus nigrita (Schreber, 1774) View in CoL View at ENA . Die Säugethiere, 1:171.

TYPE LOCALITY: Senegal .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to Sudan and Kenya to Mozambique.

SYNONYMS: alvenslebeni , gigas .

COMMENTS: For a review of this species see Robbins (1978). The identity of this species is clear and nigrita is the senior synonym of gigas . Specimens previously called nigrita should be called dinganii (see Robbins, 1978:212-213).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Scotophilus

Scotophilus nigrita (Schreber, 1774)

Karl F. Koopman 1993

1993

Scotophilus nigrita (Schreber, 1774)

Schreber 1774: 171

1774

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