title: Scott's mouse-eared bat
text: # 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.
  
  