Eastern greenish yellow bat

The eastern greenish yellow bat (Scotophilus viridis)^[2] is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Botswana, Central African Republic, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are  dry and moist savanna.

Eastern greenish yellow bat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Genus:	Scotophilus
Species:	S. viridis
Binomial name
Scotophilus viridis (Peters, 1852)
Synonyms
Nycticejus viridis

The western greenish yellow bat (S. nigritellus) of western Africa was formerly considered conspecific.^[3]