Pipistrellus creticus
Benda in Benda, Georgiakakis, Dietz, Hanák, Galanaki, Markantonatou, Chudárková, Hulva, & Horáček, 2008
Crete 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
Authority citation
Benda, P., Georgiakakis, P., Dietz, C., Hanák, V., Galanaki, K., Markantonatou, V., Chudárková, A., Hulva, P. and Horáček, I. 2008. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 7. The bat fauna of Crete, Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 72:105-190.
Authority publication link
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228668708_BatsMammalia_Chiroptera_of_the_Eastern_Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_Part_7_The_bat_fauna_of_Crete_GreeceOriginal name as described
Pipistrellus hanaki creticus
Type material
NMPr P6V-092350
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Greece, Crete, Rouva oak forest; a pasture with creek at the Agiou Ioanni chapel, Prefecture of Irakleio [= Heraklion]; 35° 11' N, 24° 55' E, 940 m a.s.l."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Greece
Taxonomy notes
recently described as a subspecies of P. hanaki, but has been subsequently recognized as a distinct species
Taxonomy notes citation
Benda, P., Georgiakakis, P., Dietz, C., Hanák, V., Galanaki, K., Markantonatou, V., ... & Horáček, I. (2008). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 7. The bat fauna of Crete, Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 72, 105-190. · Benda, P., Spitzenberger, F., Hanák, V., Andreas, M., Reiter, A., Ševčík, M., ... & Uhrin, M. (2014). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 11. On the bat fauna of Libya II. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 78, 1-162.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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