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MammalMAP:   12013
Province:   North West
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2527CA
Observer:   Balona Julio; Christelle de Wet
Date of record:   2014-10-31
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Clearly a Scotophilus and the only species that has been recorded in that region is S.dinganii, all other species extremely unlikely.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   184430
Species name:   Scotophilus dinganii
Common name:   Yellow-bellied House Bat -- Yellow House Bat
Family:   Vespertilionidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Yellow-bellied house bat (Scotophilus dinganii)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-12013
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 12013 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2014-11-12 11:45:56
Species name:   Scotophilus dinganii -- Yellow-bellied House Bat; Yellow House Bat
Species code:   184430

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