Pipistrellus aero

E. Heller, 1912

Mount Gargues Pipistrelle

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Pipistrellini
Genus : Pipistrellus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Heller, E. 1912-11-04. New races of insectivores, bats, and lemurs from British East Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 60(12):1-13.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910533

Original name as described

Pipistrellus aero

Other common names

Aerial Pipistrelle Bat · Kenya Pipistrelle · Mount Gargues Pipistrelle Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:181812

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/336759403-5594-4567-817e-de2cb3297722

Type locality

"from summit of Mount Garguez [= Gargues], Mathews Range, altitude 7,000 ft. [= 2134 m], British East Africa [= Kenya]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005611

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pipistrellus aero

E. Heller, 1912

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

aero

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:181812

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/336759403-5594-4567-817e-de2cb3297722

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910533

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17323/22131783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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