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East African Yellow Bat

Scotophilus altilis

French: Scotophile du Soudan / German: Ostafrika-Hausfledermaus / Spanish: Scotofilo de Sudan

Taxonomy. Scotophilus altilis G. M. Allen, 1914,

“Aradeiba, above [= north of] Roseires, Blue Nile [province], Sudan.”

Scotophilus altilis was traditionally considered a junior synonym of S. leucogaster, until additional samples and molecular and morphological analyses confirmed it as a distinct species. Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from scattered localities in SE Sudan, W Ethiopia, SC South Sudan, NE DR Congo, and SW Kenya.

Descriptive notes. Forearm c¢. 46 mm. Dorsal pelageis sepia-brown to pale brown; venter is light brown. Wings and uropatagium are uniformly dark brown. Ears are comparatively short and widely separated, with inner margin strongly convex and outer margin almost straight. Tragus tapers to bluntly rounded tip, with concave anterior margin. Eyes are small. Skull is medium to large (greatest skull lengths 16-5-20- 3 mm) for Scotophilus, and sagittal crest is present.

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. Not assessed on The [UCN Red List.

Bibliography. Vallo et al. (2019).