Lesser yellow bat
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Species of batTemplate:SHORTDESC:Species of bat
| Lesser yellow bat | |
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| File:Scotophilus borbonicus.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Scotophilus |
| Species: | S. borbonicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Scotophilus borbonicus É. Geoffroy, 1803
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| File:Distribution of Scotophilus borbonicus.png | |
The lesser yellow bat (Scotophilus borbonicus) is a vesper bat found only on Madagascar and Réunion. On Réunion, it was considered common early in the 19th century, but was last sighted late in the 19th century. Only a single specimen attributed to this species, collected in 1868, is known from Madagascar. It was listed as a critically endangered species in 1996 due to habitat loss, and may be extinct.[1]
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