Scott's mouse-eared bat
Scott's mouse-eared bat ("Myotis scotti") is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in Ethiopia, in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. Taxonomy and etymology. Scott's mouse-eared bat was described as a new species in 1927 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. The eponym for the species name ""scotti"" was H. H. Scott. Scott had obtained the holotype near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.