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<bibRefCitation id="EFCF4B76FF8FFFA4FCB64C71FBE4FA38" author="DECHER J." box="[892,1044,1395,1421]" pageId="20" pageNumber="271" pagination="129 - 142" refId="ref17648" refString="DECHER J. 1997 a. - Bat community patterns on the Accra Plains of Ghana, West Africa. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde 62: 129 - 142." type="journal article" year="1997">Decher 1997a</bibRefCitation>
and USNM, as
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<emphasis id="B92AEA95FF8FFFA4FB084C71FAC4FA38" box="[1218,1332,1395,1421]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="271">S. dinganii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and seems to be most commonly associated with
<collectingCountry id="F3497617FF8FFFA4FB044C91FAEDFA18" box="[1230,1309,1427,1453]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="20" pageNumber="271">Guinea</collectingCountry>
savanna, forest savanna mosaic, and high forest edge. Records from
<collectingCountry id="F3497617FF8FFFA4FAB04CB1FC8FFA58" name="Ivory Coast" pageId="20" pageNumber="271">Côte dIvoire</collectingCountry>
are all from the northern tree savanna (
<bibRefCitation id="EFCF4B76FF8FFFA4FAEA4CD1FA7EFA58" author="FAHR J." box="[1312,1422,1491,1517]" pageId="20" pageNumber="271" refId="ref18510" refString="FAHR J. 1996. - Die Chiroptera der Elfenbeinkuste (unter Berucksichtigung des westafrikanischen Raumes): Taxonomie, Habitatpraferenzen und Lebensgemeinschaften. Diplomarbeit, Julius-Maximilians-Universitat, Wurzburg. 204 p." type="book" year="1996">Fahr 1996</bibRefCitation>
, as
<taxonomicName id="4C5E4D04FF8FFFA4FCE74CF1FC6FF9B8" baseAuthorityName="A.Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1833" box="[813,927,1523,1549]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Scotophilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="271" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dinganii">
<emphasis id="B92AEA95FF8FFFA4FCE74CF1FC6FF9B8" box="[813,927,1523,1549]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="271">S. dinganii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). This species also seems to adapt to rooftops and thatched huts for its roosts.
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<subSubSection id="C344650CFF8FFFA4FCE74F5CFAD5F93A" pageId="20" pageNumber="271" type="conservation">
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CONSERVATION STATUS. — The conservation classification of
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<emphasis id="B92AEA95FF8FFFA4FAB24F5FFC8DF93B" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="271">S. livingstonii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on the IUCN Red List is “Least Concern”.
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