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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/2up

Original 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005620

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Vespertilio hesperida

(Temminck, 1840)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hesperidus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:12381

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

211

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Schinz (1844:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Vesperugo subtilis

(Sundevall, 1847)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

subtilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2581776

Authority publication

Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:282, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37105)

Vesperugo Hesperida

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hesperidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

279

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704690

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:279, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37105)

Miniopterus Hesperida

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hesperidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876362

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

Heuglin (1877:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Vesperus Humbloti

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1881)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

humbloti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1074, MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1075, MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1076, MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1077, MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1078, MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1079, MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1080, MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1081, MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-1082

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1074 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1075 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1076 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1077 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1078 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1079 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1080 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1081 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-1082

Authority page

1035

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3717537

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Pipistrellus Kuhlii fuscatus

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

fuscatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.9.96

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7f613119-f79f-4a29-931a-05a9136be79e

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980036

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Koopman (1994:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Pipistrellus kuhli fuscatus

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

fuscatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439525

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Pipistrellus (Romicia) kuhlii broomi

A. Roberts, 1948

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

broomi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Special Publications of the Royal Society of South Africa

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

P. s. humbloti

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

humbloti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

P. k. subtilis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

subtilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Pipistrellus hesperidus fuscatus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

fuscatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pipistrellus hesperidus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hesperidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Bates, Ratrimomanarivo, Harrison & Goodman (2006:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1636)
  3. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136741/22035802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pipistrellus hesperidus hesperidus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hesperidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Neoromicia somalicus humbloti

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

humbloti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus hesperidus subtilis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

subtilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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