Lesser yellow bat
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Species of bat
| Lesser yellow bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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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]
References
- ^ a b Andriafidison, D.; Cardiff, S.G.; Goodman, S.M.; Hutson, A.M.; Jenkins, R.K.B.; Kofoky, A.F.; Racey, P.A.; Ranivo, J.; Ratrimomanarivo, F.H.; Razafimanahaka, H.J. (2019). "Scotophilus borbonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T20064A22024708. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T20064A22024708.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
| Scotophilus borbonicus | |
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| Vespertilio borbonicus | |
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