Common Names
[ Back to top ]
Common Names in English:
Light-Winged Lesser House Bat
Description
[ Back to top ]
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,410 meters (0 to 4,626 feet).[1]
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:2.1Savanna - Dry
Taxonomy
[ Back to top ]
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Chiroptera
()
- Blumenbach, 1779
- Bats
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
()
- Dobson, 1875
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
()
- Koopman, 1984
- Superfamily:
Vespertilionoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Gill, 1872
- Family:
Vespertilionidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Vespertilioninae
()
- Tribe:
Nycticeini
()
- Genus:
Scotoecus
()
- Thomas, 1901
- Specific name:
albofuscus
- (Thomas, 1890)
- Scientific name: - Scotoecus albofuscus (Thomas, 1890)
- Specific name:
albofuscus
- (Thomas, 1890)
- Genus:
Scotoecus
(
- Tribe:
Nycticeini
(
- Subfamily:
Vespertilioninae
(
- Family:
Vespertilionidae
(
- Superfamily:
Vespertilionoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
(
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 06-Aug-2004
Similar Species
[ Back to top ]
Members of the genus Scotoecus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. albigula (White-Bellied Lesser House Bat) · S. albofuscus (Light-Winged Lesser House Bat) · S. artinii · S. hindei (Hinde's Lesser House Bat) · S. hirundo (Dark-Winged Lesser House Bat) · S. hirundo albigula · S. pallidus (Desert Yellow Bat)
More Info
[ Back to top ]
- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
[ Back to top ]
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 174, p. 175, p. 176, p. 276, p. 303.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
[ Back to top ]
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 7, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Jacobs, D. 2004. Scotoecus albofuscus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Jacobs, D. (GMA Africa Workshop) 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2477909
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-632142
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 632142
- IUCN ID: 20054
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10964
Footnotes
- Mean = 429.500 meters (1,409.121 feet), Standard Deviation = 706.740 based on 10 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
