Lesser Yellow Bat

The lesser yellow bat (Scotophilus borbonicus) is a vesper bat found only on Madagascar and RĂ©union. On RĂ©union, it was considered common early in the 19th century, but was last sighted late in the 19th century. Only a single specimen attributed to this species, collected in 1868, is known from Madagascar. It was listed as a critically endangered species in 1996 due to habitat loss, and may be extinct.

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