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has likely been neglected over time due to its vague taxonomic delimitation and repeated synonymizations with other, largely acknowledged species, with only two specimens identified as
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except the
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series (
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Allen
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). A quarter of a century after the description of
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<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFEBF711FBEDF91A3B0BF928" box="[1087,1101,1684,1707]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="157">S</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFEBF711FB8FF91A3BDBF92F" box="[1117,1181,1684,1708]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="157">altilis</emphasis>
,
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himself synonymized this name with
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von
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, another rather obscure taxon described from what is today
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. Since this synonymization, the name
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virtually disappeared from contemporary bat science. Several decades later
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extracted
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.
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from
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<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFEBF711FCE0F88E3C06F894" box="[818,832,1792,1815]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="157">S</emphasis>
.
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, and placed it within the content of the currently acknowledged species
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<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFEBF711FDD1F8AA3D57F8B8" box="[515,529,1828,1851]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="157">S</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFEBF711FDCDF8AA3DE7F8BF" box="[543,673,1828,1852]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="157">leucogaster</emphasis>
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, as earlier suggested by
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. This taxonomic opinion was later shared also by
<bibRefCitation id="CA644B32FFEBF711FEAAF8C63D77F8E3" author="Koopman, K. F." box="[376,561,1863,1888]" pageId="9" pageNumber="157" pagination="1 - 34" refId="ref6713" refString="Koopman, K. F. (1965) Status of forms described or recorded by J. A. Allen in &quot; The American Museum Congo Expedition collection of bats. &quot; American Museum Novitates, 2219, 1 - 34." type="journal article" year="1965">Koopman (1965</bibRefCitation>
,
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,
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). An alternative synonymization was suggested by
<bibRefCitation id="CA644B32FFEBF711FB2DF8C93FA5F806" author="Robbins, C. B. &amp; De Vree, F. &amp; Van Cakenberghe, V." pageId="9" pageNumber="157" pagination="51 - 84" refId="ref6997" refString="Robbins, C. B., De Vree, F. &amp; Van Cakenberghe, V. (1985) A systematic revision of the African bat genus Scotophilus (Vespertilionidae). Annales Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques, 246, 51 - 84." type="journal article" year="1985">
Robbins
<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFEBF711FAB6F8C73AD3F8E3" box="[1380,1429,1864,1888]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="157">et al</emphasis>
. (1985)
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, who tentatively included
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<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFEBF711FDDEF8E23D5CF800" box="[524,538,1900,1923]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="157">S</emphasis>
.
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into
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<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFEBF711FD73F8E23DE9F800" box="[673,687,1900,1923]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="157">S</emphasis>
.
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, whose northern populations are currently recognized as
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<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFEBF711FA55F8E23AD3F800" box="[1415,1429,1900,1923]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="157">S</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFEBF711FF45F81E3E4CF82B" box="[151,266,1936,1960]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="157">nigritellus</emphasis>
(
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Trujillo
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. Most recently,
<bibRefCitation id="CA644B32FFEBF711FD3DF8013B0AF82B" author="Helgen, K. M. &amp; McFadden, T. L." box="[751,1100,1935,1960]" pageId="9" pageNumber="157" pagination="93 - 181" refId="ref6538" refString="Helgen, K. M. &amp; McFadden, T. L. (2001) Type specimens of recent mammals in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 157, 93 - 181." type="journal article" year="2001">Helgen &amp; McFadden (2001)</bibRefCitation>
,
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and
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returned to the opinion of
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,
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and
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,
<bibRefCitation id="CA644B32FFEBF711FA8FF83A3ADEF84E" author="Koopman, K. F." box="[1373,1432,1972,1997]" pageId="9" pageNumber="157" pagination="353 - 444" refId="ref6756" refString="Koopman, K. F. (1975) Bats of the Sudan. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 154, 353 - 444." type="journal article" year="1975">1975</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="CA644B32FFEBF711FF45F8563F96F873" author="Koopman, K. F." box="[151,208,2008,2032]" pageId="9" pageNumber="157" pagination="1 - 217" refId="ref6785" refString="Koopman, K. F. (1994) Chiroptera: systematics. In: Niethammer, J., Schliemann, H. &amp; Starck, D. (Eds.), Handbook of zoology: a natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom, Vol. VIII. Mammalia. Part 60. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 1 - 217." type="book chapter" year="1994">1994</bibRefCitation>
) and listed
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<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFEBF711FE80F8563E26F86C" box="[338,352,2008,2031]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="157">S</emphasis>
.
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again under the synonymy of the name
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<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFEBF711FCBDF8563C3BF86C" box="[879,893,2008,2031]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="157">S</emphasis>
.
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.
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The herein presented molecular and morphological evidence clearly confirms the separate position of the newly captured specimens from
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,
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and
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to other contemporary acknowledged
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<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFE8F712FF45FF6E3E5CFF7B" box="[151,282,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="158">Scotophilus</emphasis>
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species. Additional studies are required regarding another possible names for this distinct species, given the earlier synonymization with
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.
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. This later taxon was recently mentioned as one of possible names existing for the yellow-bellied forms pertaining to the morphospecies
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.
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in
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and
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by
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Vallo
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. (2011)
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, for which
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<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFE8F712FE36FEC23EB4FEE0" box="[484,498,332,355]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="158">S</emphasis>
.
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, or later
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<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFE8F712FC80FEC23C26FEE0" box="[850,864,332,355]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="158">S</emphasis>
.
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, and
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.
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, were proposed. Based on its size and external appearance it seems that the earlier synonymization of
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.
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with
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<emphasis id="9C81EAD1FFE8F712FD84FE1A3D22FE28" box="[598,612,404,427]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="158">S</emphasis>
.
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by
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was not justified. Later,
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Vallo
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. (2013)
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discussed the possible link of
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.
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to a newly discovered and yet undescribed small-sized
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species from West Africa (
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. aff.
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). However, these two morphologically delimited allopatric forms clearly represent independent evolutionary units as shown in the molecular genetic analysis. For the above mentioned reasons, we suggest the resurrection of the long neglected taxon name
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.
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for the respective populations of East African
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cf.
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represents a small-sized representative of the genus, occurring in ca.
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long belt of rather low elevation areas of the
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regions in southeastern
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in the north, the area of most abundant records from five localities in an area of ca. 150×
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, and the eastern banks of
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in southwestern
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southern distribution may extend westwards to northeastern DR Congo, as assumed from earlier comparison of the
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specimens to the
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specimen from Bados by
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Allen
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. In this range,
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occurs in broad sympatry with
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(e.g.
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Kruskop
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), from which the former could be distinguished by slightly smaller size, but mainly by the conspicuous greyish-brown coloration of the belly (
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). It also occurs in sympatry or close parapatry with
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(sensu
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Vallo
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2011
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; unpubl. records), which, however, markedly differs by its bright pelage coloration, the yellow belly and reddish-brown back
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.
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