| Biological classification: | 
            -  kingdom: Animalia
 - - phylum: Chordata
 - -- class: Mammalia
 - --- order: Chiroptera
 - ---- family: Vespertilionidae
 - ----- species: Scotophilus nigrita
 
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        | Characteristics: | insectivore; length: 18 cm, wing-span 60 cm; dark red-brown to yellow or grey fur; translucent dark brown wing-membrane; | 
        | Countries: | - BW
 - Botswana
 - MZ
 - Mozambique
 - ZW
 - Zimbabwe
 
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        | Ecoregions: | 
 - AT0709
 - Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
 - AT0719
 - Southern Miombo woodlands
 - AT0725
 - Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
 - AT1006
 - Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
 
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        | References: | Stuart and Stuart 2007: 72 |