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Pipistrellus  Kaup, 1829
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180023

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) Kaup, 1829
  
  Common Name(s): pipistrelles [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2021   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 – morcego, quiróptero, bats  
                                  SuborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984  
                                     SuperfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821  
                                        FamilyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821 – vesper bats, vespertilionid bats, evening bats  
                                           SubfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821  
                                              TribePipistrellini Tate, 1942 – pipistrelles  
                                                 GenusPipistrellus Kaup, 1829 – pipistrelles  
    Direct Children:  
                                                    Species Pipistrellus abramus (Temminck, 1838) – Japanese Pipistrelle, Japanese House Bat 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus adamsi Kitchener, Caputi and Jones, 1986 – Forest Pipistrelle, Cape York Pipistrelle, Adams's Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus aero Heller, 1912 – Mount Gargues pipistrelle, Mt. Gargues Pipistrelle, Kenya Pipistrelle, Aerial Pipistrelle Bat 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus angulatus (Peters, 1880) – Angulate Pipistrelle, New Guinea Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1852) – Kelaart's Pipistrelle, Black Gilded Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus collinus Thomas, 1920 – Mountain Pipistrelle, Greater Papuan Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus coromandra (Gray, 1838) – Indian Pipistrelle, Coromandel Pipistrelle, Little Indian Bat 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus creticus Benda, 2009 – Crete Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus dhofarensis Benda, Reiter, Uhrin and Varadínová, 2016 – Dhofar Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus endoi Imaizumi, 1959 – Endo's Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus hanaki Hulva and Benda, 2004 – Hanak's Pipistrelle, Hanak's Dwarf Bat 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus hesperidus (Temminck, 1840) – Dusky Pipistrelle, African Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus inexspectatus Aellen, 1959 – Aellen's Pipistrelle, Central African Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus javanicus (Gray, 1838) – Javan Pipistrelle, Java Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817) – Kuhl's Pipistrelle, Great Pipistrelle, White Stripe Bat 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus maderensis (Dobson, 1878) – Madeira Pipistrelle, Madeiran Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus minahassae (A. Meyer, 1899) – Minahassa Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus murrayi Andrews, 1900 – Christmas Island Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus nanulus Thomas, 1904 – Tiny Pipistrelle, Dwarf Pipistrelle Bat 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling and Blasius, 1839) – Nathusius's Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus papuanus (Peters and Doria, 1881) – Lesser Papuan Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus paterculus Thomas, 1915 – Mount Popa Pipistrelle, Paternal Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus permixtus Aellen, 1957 – Dar-es-Salaam Pipistrelle, Tanzania Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774) – Common Pipistrelle, Small House Bat 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825) – Soprano Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus raceyi Bates, Ratrimomanarivo, Harrison and Goodman, 2006 – Racey's Pipistrelle, Racey's Pipistrelle Bat 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus rusticus (Tomes, 1861) – Rusty Pipistrelle, Rustic Pipistrelle, Rusty Bat 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus simandouensis Monadjem, L. R. Richards, Decher and Hutterer in Monadjem, L. R. Richards, Decher, et al., 2020 – Simandou Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus stenopterus (Dobson, 1875) – Narrow-winged Pipistrelle, Malayan Noctule 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus sturdeei Thomas, 1915 – Sturdee's Pipistrelle, Bonin Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus tenuis (Temminck, 1840) – Least Pipistrelle, Indian Pygmy Bat 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus wattsi Kitchener, Caputi and Jones, 1986 – Watts's Pipistrelle 
                                                    Species Pipistrellus westralis Koopman, 1984 – Koopman's Pipistrelle, Northern Pipistrelle, Mangrove Pipistrelle, North-western Pipistrelle, Western Pipistrelle 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Pipistrellus    
       
  Expert: Don E. Wilson  
  Notes: Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108   
  Reference for: Pipistrellus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pipistrellus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pipistrellus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Chiroptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 312-529   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Pipistrellus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 9. Bats   
  Page(s): 1008   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728190   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pipistrellus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Pipistrellus   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: For discussion of synonyms see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), Hill (1976), Menu (1984), and Kitchener et al. (1986). Hill and Harrison (1987) reviewed the genus and recognized seven subgenera (Pipistrellus, Hypsugo, Falsistrellus, Perimyotis, Arielulus, Vespadelus, and Neoromicia), but most of these groups are now recognized as distinct genera. Does not include Hypsugo; see Horácek and Hanák (1985-1986), Tiunov (1986), Menu (1987), Ruedi and Arlettaz (1991), Volleth and Heller (1994), ...  
 

 

    

 
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