Scotophilus borbonicus
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Scotophilus borbonicus (E. Geoffroy 1803)
[Vespertilio] borbonicus E. Geoffroy 1803, Cat. Mamm. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 46.
Type Locality: Réunion Isl (France).
Vernacular Names: Reunion House Bat.
Distribution: Réunion Isl (Mascarene Isls). Records from Mauritius (Mascarene Isls) are erroneous, see Cheke and Dahl (1981). Reports from Madagascar have not been confirmed; see Peterson et al. (1995).
Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Critically Endangered. May be extinct; see Cheke and Dahl (1981).
Discussion: Hill (1980 b) considered African viridis and damarensis, and possibly leucogaster, to be conspecific with borbonicus, and Koopman (1986) included viridis, damarensis, and nigritellus (but not leucogaster) in this species. However, in a comprehensive revision of the African forms Robbins et al. (1985) rejected any affinity of borbonicus sensu stricto with African mainland species. I therefore restrict usage of the name borbonicus to the Réunion Isl form, and follow Robbins et al. (1985) in using leucogaster and dinganii for the smaller mainland species.
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/1612F121776AEBF203A8EB376B6B87C6 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/D40432813EB113D68114EA64A0654E9B (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231524220 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- E. Geoffroy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Scotophilus
- Species
- borbonicus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Scotophilus borbonicus (Geoffroy, 1803) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1803. Catalogue des mammiferes du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 272 pp.
- Cheke, A. S., and A. F. Dahl. 1981. The status of bats on western Indian Ocean Islands, with special reference to Pteropus. Mammalia, 45: 205 - 238.
- Peterson, R. L., J. L. Eger, and L. Mitchell. 1995. Chiropteres. Faune de Madagascar, 84: 1 - 204.
- Hill, J. E. 1980 b. The status of Vespertilio borbonicus E. Geoffroy, 1803 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Zoologische Mededelingen, 55: 287 - 295.
- Koopman, K. F. 1986. Sudan bats revisited: An update of " Bats of the Sudan ". Cimbebasia, ser. A. 8 (2): 9 - 13.