MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Scotophilus dinganii

Accepted taxon: Scotophilus dinganii
Taxon:	Scotophilus dinganii
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Vespertilionidae \| Vespertilioninae \| Nycticeiini \| Scotophilus
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Scotophilus dinganii.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
There are no Diet Items available.

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Scotophilus dinganii.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Insectivore	Cakenberg…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	Cakenberg…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Scotophilus dinganii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Congo	g	-	-	-	-	-	22.5	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Kenya	g	-	-	-	-	-	24.5	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Africa	g	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	Robert M.…
Body Mass (BM)	Malawi	g	-	-	-	-	-	25.4	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Malawi	mm	-	-	-	-	-	54.8	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Congo	mm	-	-	-	-	-	53.25	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Ghana	mm	-	-	-	-	-	54.4	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	S Africa	mm	-	-	-	-	-	54.15	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Ethiopia	mm	-	-	-	-	-	50.5	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Kenya	mm	-	-	-	-	-	52.45	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Ethiopia	mm	-	-	-	-	-	50.5	-	-	Molinari,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Scotophilus dinganii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Skull length	Congo	mm	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Ghana	mm	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Kenya	mm	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	S Africa	mm	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	Molinari,…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Scotophilus dinganii.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Scotophilus dinganii	Cakenberghe,V. V., 2002, Evolutionary relationships between cranial shape and diet in bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera), Topics in functional and ecological vertebrate morphology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Scotophilus dingani	Brigham,R. M., 1991, Prey detection, dietary niche breadth, and body size in bats: why are aerial insectivorous bats so small?, The American Naturalist	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Scotophilus dinganii	Molinari, J., A global assessment of the 'island rule' in bats based on functionally distinct measures of body size. Journal of Biogeography.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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