Pipistrellus angulatus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1880)

New Guinea 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

S.B. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. 122. .]

Original name as described

Vesperugo angulatus

Other common names

Angulate Pipistrelle

Type material

ZMB 5492

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Insula Papuana, ‘Duke of York' [Islands]," East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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