Pipistrellus hanaki

Hulva & Benda in Benda, Hulva, & Gaisler, 2004

Hanak's 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

Authority citation

Benda, P., Hulva, P. and Gaisler, J. 2004-12. Systematic status of African populations of _Pipistrellus pipistrellus_ complex (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with a description of a new species from Cyrenaica, Libya. Acta Chiropterologica 6(2):193-217.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3161/001.006.0202

Original name as described

Pipistrellus hanaki

Other common names

Hanak's Dwarf Bat

Type material

NMPr P6V-049897

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Libya, Cyrenaica, upper part of the Wadi Al Kuf (the Jabal Akhdar Mts.), ca. 5 km southwest of Al Bayda, Al Jabal Al Akhdar Dist., 32°44'N, 21°41'E; ca. 495 m a.s.l."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Libya

Taxonomy notes

recently described; previously included P. creticus

Taxonomy notes citation

Benda, P., Hulva, P., & Gaisler, J. (2004). Systematic status of African populations of Pipistrellus pipistrellus complex (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with a description of a new species from Cyrenaica, Libya. Acta Chiropterologica, 6(2), 193-217. · 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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005619

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 hanaki

Hulva & Benda in Benda, Hulva, & Gaisler, 2004

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hanaki

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMPr P6V-049897

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

207

Authority publication

Acta Chiropterologica

Name usages

  1. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Benda, Spitzenberger, Hanák, Andreas, Reiter, Ševčík, Šmíd & Uhrin (2014:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25234)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136209/22011859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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