Scotophilus celebensis, Sody, 1928

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Vespertilionidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 716-981 : 886

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6397752

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6567099

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scientific name

Scotophilus celebensis
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272. View Plate 66: Vespertilionidae

Sulawesi Yellow Bat

Scotophilus celebensis View in CoL

French: Scotophile des Célébes / German: Sulawesi-Hausfledermaus / Spanish: Scotofilo de Célebes

Other common names: Sulawesi Yellow House Bat

Taxonomy. Pachyotis temmincki celebensis Sody, 1928 View in CoL ,

Toli Toli, northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Scotophilus celebensis might be a subspecies of S. heathii because it appears to be recognized as primarily based on its disjunct distribution. Monotypic.

Distribution. Sulawesi. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 75-80 mm, tail 60 mm (one specimen), forearm 62-64 mm. The Sulawesi Yellow Bat is very similar to the Greater Asiatic Yellow Bat (S. heathii ), but no morphological comparison has been made to differentiate them.

Habitat. No information.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Nothing is known about ecology of and threats to the Sulawesi Yellow Bat, and its taxonomic status is uncertain.

Bibliography. Hutson, Kingston, Francis & Suyanto (2008), Sinha (1980), Tate (1946).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Vespertilionidae

Genus

Scotophilus

Loc

Scotophilus celebensis

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier 2019
2019
Loc

Pachyotis temmincki celebensis

Sody 1928
1928
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