A unique physical characteristic of the lesser yellow house bat is the tail, which is long and covered with the interfemoral membrane between the hind legs.

The lesser Asiatic yellow house bat has pointy ears and a dog-like face with a dull muzzle.

The lesser Asiatic yellow house bat has soft dense yellowish-brown fur on the back.

[4][5] The greater Asiatic yellow house bat (Scotophilus heathii) is yellow-brown in color with a small hint of green on the back.

Thus, it is difficult for humans to detect their movements nearby because they tend to fly very low at a steady speed, and they only go out for food when the sun sets.

The newborn bats are capable of flight at a very early age, allowing them to defend themselves and participate in the feeding frenzy.

When these bats breed, the female will postpone fertilization if necessary in order to time the birth so that the pups are born when prey is at its peak in numbers.

They prefer to feed on airborne insects, hymenopterans and dipterans, which can be found under the canopies of tall trees and riparian forests at nights.

Small insects such as wasps, bees, moths, and beetles are all fearful of yellow house bats.

[8] Yellow house bats live in various habitats, ranging from woodland savannas, forests to mountains.

In the vicinity of people, they live in crevices, cracks and holes in building walls, on the roofs of old houses and between overlapping corrugated iron sheets.

[9] The Sody's Yellow House Bat (Scotophilus collinus) can be found in western Java, Bali, Lombok, Flores, Timor, Semau and Rote islands in Indonesia, and Sabah in Malaysian Borneo.

[11] The Greater Asiatic Yellow House Bat (Scotophilus heathii), also known as the Common Yellow House Bat, is located in South and Southeast Asia, ranging throughout China, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.