IRMNG - Scotophilus Leach, 1821

IRMNG taxon details

Scotophilus Leach, 1821

IRMNG_ID

1378796 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1378796)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Pachyotus Gray, 1831 · unaccepted

Scotophillus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted

Scotophylus Gray, 1825 · unaccepted

Scutophilus Tubangin, 1928 · unaccepted

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Species Scotophilus borbonicus (E. Geoffroy, 1803)
Species Scotophilus celebensis Sody, 1928
Species Scotophilus dinganii (A. Smith, 1833)
Species Scotophilus heathi (Horsfield, 1831)
Species Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821
Species Scotophilus leucogaster (Cretzschmar, 1830)
Species Scotophilus nigrita (Schreber, 1774)
Species Scotophilus nucella
Species Scotophilus nux Thomas, 1904
Species Scotophilus robustus Milne-Edwards, 1881
Species Scotophilus viridis (Peters, 1852)
Species Scotophilus australis J.E. Gray, 1841 accepted as Chalinolobus morio (Gray, 1841)
Species Scotophilus greyii J.E. Gray, 1843 accepted as Scotorepens greyii (J.E. Gray, 1843)
Species Scotophilus microdon Tomes, 1859 accepted as Chalinolobus morio (Gray, 1841)
Species Scotophilus morio J.E. Gray, 1841 accepted as Chalinolobus morio (Gray, 1841)
Species Scotophilus picatus Gould, 1852 accepted as Chalinolobus picatus (Gould, 1852)
Species Scotophilus pumilus J.E. Gray, 1841 accepted as Vespadelus pumilus (J.E. Gray, 1841)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13 (1), 69
page(s): 71 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Includes Pachyotus, refer Wilson & Reeder, 2005.

Taxonomic remark Includes Pachyotus, refer Wilson & Reeder, 2005. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Scotophilus Leach, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1378796 on 2025-01-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (12)
Notes (2)

original description Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13 (1), 69
page(s): 71 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Scutophilus Tubangin, 1928) Philippine J. Sci., 36
page(s): 365 [details]

original description (of Pachyotus Gray, 1831) Zool. Misc.
page(s): 38 [details]

original description (of Scotophylus Gray, 1825) Zool. Journ., 2
page(s): 243 [details]

original description (of Scotophillus Cuvier, 1829) Dict. Sci. Nat., 59
page(s): 417 [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomic remark Includes Pachyotus, refer Wilson & Reeder, 2005. [details]

Type species as cited Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821. [details]