NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Nycticeiini
  Subfamily - Vespertilioninae
  Family - Vespertilionidae
  Superfamily - Vespertilionoidea
  Suborder - Yangochiroptera
  Order - Chiroptera
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Scotophilus borbonicus
      Species - Scotophilus celebensis
      Species - Scotophilus dinganii
      Species - Scotophilus kuhlii
      Species - Scotophilus leucogaster
      Species - Scotophilus nigrita
      Species - Scotophilus nux
      Species - Scotophilus robustus
      Species - Scotophilus viridis
      Species - Scotophilus collinus
      Species - Scotophilus heathii
      Species - Scotophilus nucella
      Species - Scotophilus marovaza
      Species - Scotophilus tandrefana
      Species - Scotophilus andrewreborii
      Species - Scotophilus livingstonii
      Species - Scotophilus ejetai
      Species - Scotophilus trujilloi