| Greenish yellow bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Scotophilus |
| Species: | S. viridis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scotophilus viridis Peters, 1852 | |
The greenish yellow bat (Scotophilus viridis)[2] is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry and moist savanna.
References
- ^ Monadjem, A.; Griffin, M. (2017). "Scotophilus viridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T20073A22032552. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T20073A22032552.en.
- ^ In some sources, the bat is referred to by the nomen nudum "Scotophilus mhlanganii". See: Monadjem, Ara; Raabe, Tara; Dickerson, Brian; Silvy, Nova; McCleery, Robert (2010). "Roost use by two sympatric species ofin a natural environment" (PDF). South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 40 (1): 73–76. doi:10.3957/056.040.0108. S2CID 85916833.