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mammal · Chiroptera · Vespertilionidae

Yellow-bellied House Bat

Scotophilus dinganii (A.Smith, 1833) — also called African Yellow Bat, African Yellow House Bat, Dingan's Bat. Occurrence records of the Yellow-bellied House Bat are shared on GBIF from around 5 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Kruger National Park (7 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernVespertilionidae
5reserves with records
20records around them
3provinces
LCIUCN category
Yellow-bellied House Bat (Scotophilus dinganii)
Photo: Susan Ellis , , Bugwood.org · CC BY 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Kruger National ParkNational parkLP Limpopo7
Ndumo Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal5
Waterberg BiosphereBiosphere reserveLP Limpopo3
Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal3
Colbyn ValleyNature reserveGP Gauteng2

By province

KwaZulu-Natal
2 reserves
Limpopo
2 reserves
Gauteng
1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class
Mammalia
Scientific name
Scotophilus dinganii
GBIF taxon
5218529
Wikidata
Q1833054

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.