Nut-colored yellow bat
| Nut-colored yellow bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Scotophilus |
| Species: | S. nux |
| Binomial name | |
| Scotophilus nux Thomas, 1904 | |
The nut-colored yellow bat (Scotophilus nux) is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. It is found in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
- Fahr, J. 2004. Scotophilus nux. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
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