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Fernand-Nestor Tchuenguem Fohouo

  • Biodiversity Journal, 3 (1): 055-058

    Eric Moise Bakwo Fils, Alima Bol A Anong & Fernand-Nestor Tchuenguem Fohouo
    First record of the Giant House Bat Scotophilus nigrita (Schreber, 1774) in Cameroon (Mammalia, Chiroptera)

    ABSTRACT
    We report the first record of the Giant House Bat Scotophilus nigrita (Schreber, 1774) (Mammalia, Chiroptera), from Cameroon where this species was never documented before. Scotophilus nigrita is one of the biggest species of Microchiropterans. Some misidentifications were noted before 1978 with S. dingani (A. Smith, 1833) being identified as S. nigrita.