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<emphasis id="F6E0EAECFF796AC6FF819D541F75B010" bold="true" box="[125,373,2829,2850]" pageId="130" pageNumber="889">Other common names:</emphasis>
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, 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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<emphasis id="F6E0EAECFF796AC6FD1F9D2F1D7EB0A5" bold="true" box="[739,894,2934,2967]" pageId="130" pageNumber="889">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
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,
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was mostly referred to as S. gigas until in 1978 when it was concluded that it is the senior name for the taxon; prior to 1978, specimens called 
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. Based on cytochromeb analyses, S. 
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is paraphyletic with respect to S. colias, S. dinganui, S. 
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, and S. 
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. Populations of S. 
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from West and southern Africa differ genetically by 7-6-8-1%), suggesting that 
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might be distinct from alvenslebeni, but more extensive genetic sampling and morphological analyses are needed to take any taxonomic conclusion. Two subspecies recognized.
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<emphasis id="F6E0EAECFF796AC6FA88977B1904BA71" bold="true" box="[1396,1796,290,323]" pageId="130" pageNumber="889">Subspecies and Distribution.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="03944D7DFF796AC6FA8A9709164DBAA3" authority="Schreber, 1774" authorityName="Schreber" authorityYear="1774" baseAuthorityName="Schreber" baseAuthorityYear="1774" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Scotophilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="130" pageNumber="889" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="nigrita" subSpecies="nigrita">S.n.nigritaSchreber,1774—savannasofWAfrica(Senegal,IvoryCoast,Ghana,NTogo,SENigeria,andNCameroon)andSCSudan.</taxonomicName>
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— savannas of E &amp; SE Africa (E 
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, SE 
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, NE 
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, S 
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, E 
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, 
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, and NE 
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.
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<emphasis id="F6E0EAECFF796AC6FA8897BC186EB934" bold="true" box="[1396,1646,485,518]" pageId="130" pageNumber="889">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
Head-body ¢. 
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,tail 64-92- 
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, ear 
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, hindfoot 
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, forearm 
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(males) and 
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(females); weight 
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. Female forearm lengths are usually longer than in males. Schreber’s Yellow Bat is much larger than any other species of 
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and is the largest African vespertilionid. Mid-dorsal hairs are 
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. Dorsal pelage is blackish brown, sepia-brown, greenish brown, rusty brown, or grayish brown suffused with yellow; dorsal hairs are unicolored. Ventral pelage is pale yellow to pale yellowish gray. Wings and uropatagium are blackish brown. Ears are comparatively short, separated, and blackish brown, with inner margin strongly convex and lobe at base and outer margin fairly straight with semicircular fleshy antitragus. Tragus has rounded tip and concave anterior margin. Skull is large (greatest skull lengths 27-8-32- 
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) for 
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and has welldeveloped sagittal crest and helmet. Canines are particularly strong.
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<emphasis id="F6E0EAECFF796AC6FA8995E71BE5B8ED" bold="true" box="[1397,1509,958,991]" pageId="130" pageNumber="889">Habitat.</emphasis>
Relatively dry woodland savannas and miombo woodland savannas, usually close to rivers and riverine forests. There is one record each from dry semideciduous forest in 
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, woodland and riverine forest mosaic in 
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, and rainforest zone in 
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. One individual was mist-netted over an almost dry river in 
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, and the individual from 
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was mist-netted over a pool.
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<subSubSection id="8C8E6575FF796AC6FA8A92DA180FBE2E" pageId="130" pageNumber="889" type="food_feeding">
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<emphasis id="F6E0EAECFF796AC6FA8A92DA1886BF96" bold="true" box="[1398,1670,1155,1188]" pageId="130" pageNumber="889">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
Schreber’s Yellow Bats probably forage high aboveground. Occlusal cusp pattern of molar teeth suggests that they are strictly carnivorous, but other teeth characters suggest that their function is to crush rather than to slice, suggesting insectivory.
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<emphasis id="F6E0EAECFF796AC6FA8A937B1BFDBE71" bold="true" box="[1398,1533,1314,1347]" pageId="130" pageNumber="889">Breeding.</emphasis>
No information.
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<emphasis id="F6E0EAECFF796AC6FA8993101863BE58" bold="true" box="[1397,1635,1353,1386]" pageId="130" pageNumber="889">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
Schreber’s Yellow Bat was found roosting under a corrugated iron roof where midday temperatures exceeded 40°C in 
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, in a hollow of a dead 
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palm in 
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, and in a house in 
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. Echolocation call has peak frequency of 32-9 kHz. African goshawks (Accipiter tachiro) prey on Schreber’s Yellow Bat and possible lannerfalcons (Falco biarmicus), peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus), and bat hawks (Macheiramphus alcinus).
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<emphasis id="F6E0EAECFF796AC6FA8B906F1640BD65" bold="true" box="[1399,2112,1590,1623]" pageId="130" pageNumber="889">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
Ectoparasites include the bedbug 
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villosus (
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, 
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) and the mite Spinturnix scotophili (Acari, 
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).
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<emphasis id="F6E0EAECFF796AC6FA8B90F518D4BDFF" bold="true" box="[1399,1748,1708,1741]" pageId="130" pageNumber="889">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.
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<emphasis id="F6E0EAECFF796AC6FA8490851811BDC7" bold="true" box="[1400,1553,1756,1781]" pageId="130" pageNumber="889">Bibliography.</emphasis>
Freeman (1984), Happold, M. (2013bj), Kock (1969d), Mikula et al. (2016), Robbins (1978), Thiagavel et al. (2017), Vallo etal. (2015).
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