NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Malagasy Yellow Bat
Scotophilus tandrefana Goodman, Jenkins & Ratrimomanarivo, 2005
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Scotophilus tandrefana Goodman, Jenkins & Ratrimomanarivo, 2005
- Name authority
- Goodman, Jenkins & Ratrimomanarivo, 2005
- Common name
- Malagasy Yellow Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Scotophilus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821
- subfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821
- tribeScotophilini Hill & Harrison, 1987
- genusScotophilus Leach, 1821
- speciesScotophilus tandrefana Goodman, Jenkins & Ratrimomanarivo, 2005
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Scotophilus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| African Yellow BatScotophilus dinganii (A. Smith, 1833) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Yellow BatScotophilus heathii (Horsfield, 1831) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Asiatic Yellow BatScotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied House BatScotophilus leucogaster (Cretzschmar, 1826) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Livingstone's House BatScotophilus livingstonii Brooks & Bickham, 2014 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Robust House BatScotophilus robustus A. Milne-Edwards, 1881 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Trujillo's House BatScotophilus trujilloi Brooks & Bickham, 2014 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Greenish Yellow BatScotophilus viridis (Peters, 1852) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Greenish House BatScotophilus nigritellus de Winton, 1899 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eritrean House BatScotophilus colias Thomas, 1904 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andrew Rebori's House BatScotophilus andrewreborii Brooks & Bickham, 2014 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulawesi Yellow BatScotophilus celebensis (Sody, 1928) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Goodman, Steven M., Richard K. B. Jenkins, and Fanja H. Ratrimomanarivo. (2005). A review of the genus Scotophilus (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) on Madagascar, with the description of a new species. Zoosystema, Vol. 27, No. 4. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4VY64. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.