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Thomas, 1904
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<emphasis box="[151,310,1846,1872]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">New material</emphasis>
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Three individuals of this large orange-colored bat were captured at FC, all in the canopy net set over the creek. These were initially identified as
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">S. nigrita</emphasis>
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and
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Robbins
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<emphasis box="[1271,1329,245,271]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">et al.</emphasis>
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(1985)
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,
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<emphasis box="[809,933,278,304]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">S. nigrita</emphasis>
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should now be considered a senior synonym of the much larger
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<emphasis box="[1147,1240,312,338]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">S. gigas</emphasis>
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(
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). The smaller
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(
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), formerly called
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,
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are now either
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<emphasis box="[1180,1306,379,405]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">S. dinganii</emphasis>
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or
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<emphasis box="[1343,1413,379,405]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">S. nux</emphasis>
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. Similarly,
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Konstantinov
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<emphasis box="[1130,1202,413,439]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">et al.</emphasis>
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(2000)
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reported a specimen ‘near Kindia’ as
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,
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but Weber and Fahr (2007
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) correctly pointed out that based on the forearm measurement (
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) the identification of this specimen needs to be either
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<emphasis box="[1253,1385,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">S. dinganii</emphasis>
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or
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<emphasis box="[809,880,581,607]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">S. nux</emphasis>
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. The identification as
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<emphasis box="[1140,1211,581,607]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">S. nux</emphasis>
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was confirmed in a molecular genetic study that included our voucher specimen from FC (
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. G. Trujillo, in litt.). During the 2003 RAP,
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Fahr
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<emphasis box="[1055,1116,682,708]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">et al.</emphasis>
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(2006)
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caught one specimen of
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<emphasis box="[912,990,716,742]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">S. nux</emphasis>
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at Kpinita (Kpogo River), Mount Béro, and they refer to another specimen from the Forêt Classée de Diecké mentioned in Bützler (1994).
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<bibRefCitation author="Fahr" box="[902,1041,817,843]" firstAuthor="Fahr" pageId="20" pageNumber="274" refId="ref16603" refString="FAHR, J. 1996. Die Chiroptera der Elfenbeinkuste (unter Berucksichtigung des westafrikanischen Raumes): Taxonomie, Habitatpraferenzen und Lebensgemeinschaften. Diploma Thesis, Julius-Maximilians-Universitat, Wurzburg, 204 pp. + 36 maps." type="book" year="1996">Fahr (1996)</bibRefCitation>
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pointed out that
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and
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Wolton
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<emphasis box="[907,971,850,876]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">et al.</emphasis>
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(1982)
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list two specimens from the Liberian portion of Mount Nimba under
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<emphasis box="[1293,1421,884,910]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">S. dinganii</emphasis>
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but found that forearm measurements by
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are clearly above the range for this species so that these specimens should also be assigned to
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<emphasis box="[1339,1413,985,1011]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">S. nux</emphasis>
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. Most occurrences of
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<emphasis box="[1083,1163,1018,1044]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">S. nux</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are associated with the high forest zone from
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<collectingCountry box="[1131,1285,1052,1078]" name="Sierra Leone" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
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to western
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<collectingCountry box="[809,886,1086,1112]" name="Kenya" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Robbins" box="[903,1156,1086,1112]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Robbins" pageId="20" pageNumber="274" pagination="51 - 84" refId="ref19361" refString="ROBBINS, C. B., F. DE VREE, and V. VAN CAKENBERGHE. 1985. A systematic revision of the African bat genus Scotophilus (Vespertilionidae). Zoologische Wetenschappen, 246: 51 - 84." type="journal article" year="1985">
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Robbins
|
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<emphasis box="[1013,1075,1086,1112]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">et al.</emphasis>
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, 1985
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
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||
). At Nimba it reaches
|
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<quantity box="[809,885,1119,1145]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" pageId="20" pageNumber="274" unit="m" value="600.0">600 m</quantity>
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(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Hill" box="[902,1028,1119,1145]" firstAuthor="Hill" pageId="20" pageNumber="274" pagination="116 - 120" refId="ref17917" refString="HILL, J. E. 1982. Records of bats from Mount Nimba, Liberia. Mammalia, 46: 116 - 120." type="journal article" year="1982">Hill, 1982</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Grubb" box="[1050,1328,1119,1145]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Grubb" pageId="20" pageNumber="274" refId="ref17443" refString="GRUBB, P., T. S. JONES, A. G. DAVIES, E. EDBERG, E. D. STARIN, and J. E. HILL. 1998. Mammals of Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia. The Trendrine Press, Cornwall, 265 pp." type="book" year="1998">
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||
Grubb
|
||
<emphasis box="[1134,1194,1119,1145]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
(1998: 91)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
discuss this species as the “forest form” of
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="A. Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1833" box="[1224,1352,1153,1179]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Scotophilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dinganii">
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||
<emphasis box="[1224,1352,1153,1179]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">S. dinganii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">
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||
S. d.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1904" box="[809,851,1186,1212]" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Scotophilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nux">nux</taxonomicName>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
) and report that
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1049,1068,1186,1212]" name="Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">T</collectionCode>
|
||
. J. Jones “found it quite common in built up areas where it roosted in small groups in the roofs of houses and thatched huts” and “it has also been taken in holes in trees.”
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection pageId="20" pageNumber="274" type="conservation">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="20.[809,1421,1355,1448]" box="[809,1043,1355,1381]" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,1043,1355,1381]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">Conservation status</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="20.[809,1421,1355,1448]" pageId="20" pageNumber="274">
|
||
Least Concern. Population trend unknown (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="IUCN" box="[817,970,1422,1448]" firstAuthor="IUCN" pageId="20" pageNumber="274" refId="ref18094" refString="IUCN 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. Available at http: // www. iucnredlist. org. Downloaded on 12 June 2015." type="url" year="2015">IUCN, 2015</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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