Pipistrellus hesperidus
(Temminck, 1840)
Dusky 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
Temminck, C.J. 1840. Livraison 3. Pp. 141–272 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.
Authority publication link
https://archive.org/details/monographiedema00temmgoog/page/140/mode/2upOriginal name as described
Vespertilio hesperida
Other common names
African Pipistrelle
Type material
SMF:MAMM:12381
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
"Les bords de la Mer rouge vers les côtés d'Abyssinie [= the shores of the Red Sea toward the coast of Ethiopia]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Canary Islands · Cape Verde · Senegal · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Eritrea · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Sudan · South Sudan · Somalia · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho · Madagascar
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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