Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 451 529 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Scotoecus Thomas 1901 Scotoecus Thomas 1901 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 7: 263 . Type Species: Scotophilus albofuscus Thomas 1890 Species and subspecies: 5 species with 4 subspecies: Species Scotoecus albigula Thomas 1909 Species Scotoecus albofuscus ( Thomas 1890 ) Subspecies Scotoecus albofuscus subsp. albofuscus Thomas 1890 Subspecies Scotoecus albofuscus subsp. woodi Thomas 1917 Species Scotoecus hindei Thomas 1901 Subspecies Scotoecus hindei subsp. hindei Thomas 1901 Subspecies Scotoecus hindei subsp. falabae Thomas 1915 Species Scotoecus hirundo (de Winton 1899) Species Scotoecus pallidus (Dobson 1876) Discussion: Considered a subgenus of Nycticeius by Hayman and Hill (1971) , but see Hill (1974 c ) , who revised the genus.