Pipistrellus inexspectatus

Aellen, 1959

Aellen'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Aellen, V. 1959. Chiroptères nouveaux d'Afrique. Archives des Sciences 12(2):217-240.

Authority publication link

https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=ads-002%3A1959%3A12%3A%3A140#237

Original name as described

Pipistrellus inexspectatus

Other common names

Aellen's Pipistrelle Bat · Central Africa Pipistrelle

Type material

MHNLCF (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Ngaouyanga, vallée de la haute Bénoué, Cameroon."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Sudan? · South Sudan? · Uganda?

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005621

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 inexspectatus

Aellen, 1959

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

inexspectatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNLCF (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

226

Authority page URI

https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=ads-002%3A1959%3A12%3A%3A140#237

Authority publication

Archives des Sciences

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17343/22128783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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