Pipistrellus kuhlii

(Kuhl, 1817)

Kuhl'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

Kuhl, H. 1817. Die deutschen Fledermäuse. None, Hanau, 67 pp.

Authority publication link

https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-91692

Original name as described

Vespertilio kuhlii

Other common names

Kuhl's Bat · Kuhl's Pipistrelle Bat · Great Pipistrelle · White Stripe Bat

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Trieste, Italy.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Egypt · Spain · Portugal · France · Switzerland · Germany · Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Slovenia · Hungary · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Albania · Montenegro · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Ukraine · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Cyprus · Syria · Lebanon · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Saudi Arabia · Yemen · Oman · United Arab Emirates · Iraq · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India

Taxonomy notes

includes deserti

Taxonomy notes citation

Benda, P., Andriollo, T., & Ruedi, M. (2015). Systematic position and taxonomy of Pipistrellus deserti (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Mammalia, 79(4), 419-438.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005623

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.

Pipistrellus deserti

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

deserti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.11.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e6f3a635-4249-4d97-bb0c-c272ee2ec650 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e6f3a635-4249-4d97-bb0c-c272ee2ec650/1677110400000

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543053

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:619) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Vespertilio vispistrellus

(Bonaparte, 1837)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

vispistrellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.729

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d85bdef2-beda-4aea-8184-8a4b1140e4bf

Authority page

pl. 11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46985660

Authority publication

Rome

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio Alcythoe

(Bonaparte, 1837)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

alcythoe

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.730, ANSP 1155

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

pl. 14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46985675

Authority publication

Rome

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Schinz (1844:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus kuhlii ikhwanius

Cheesman & Hinton, 1924

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ikhwanius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1924.8.2.1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

549

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Vespertilio marginatus

(Cretzschmar, 1830)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

marginatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4307

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

74, pl. 29a

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140692

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus leucotis

Dobson in Stoliczka, 1872

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15616

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

222

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137938

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Stoliczka (1872:222, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nycticejus canus

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type

ZSI 15648, ZSI 15649

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534708

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio kuhlii

(Kuhl, 1817)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

kuhlii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Hanau

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1821:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  2. Lesson (1827:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Temminck (1840:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  4. Schinz (1844:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Nannugo Kolenatii

(J. Müller, 1858)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

kolenatii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11596797

Authority publication

Lotos

Pipistrellus albolimbatus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

albolimbatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

29

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Pipistrellus Alcythoe

Lesson, 1842

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

alcythoe

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Pipistrellus Kuhlii

Lesson, 1842

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

kuhlii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

29

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Benda, Spitzenberger, Hanák, Andreas, Reiter, Ševčík, Šmíd & Uhrin (2014:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25234)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17314/22132946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pipistrellus vispistrellus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

vispistrellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Pipistrellus kuhli

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

kuhli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

927

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988166

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:927, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Roberts (1913:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  3. Bianchi (1922:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67313)
  4. Hatt (1928:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67338)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Pipistrellus kuhlii kuhlii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

kuhlii

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 kuhlii lepidus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lepidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pipistrellus kuhlii marginatus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

marginatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

774

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Vespertilio Pipistrellus Aegyptius

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

aegyptius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

105

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

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

Vespertilio albo-limbatus

(Küster, 1835)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

albolimbatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1844:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Romicia calcarata

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

calcaratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

495

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026398

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

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

Vespertilio Ursula

(J. A. Wagner, 1840)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ursula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

505

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31072144

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1844:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus marginatus

Bonaparte, 1841

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

marginatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Authority publication

Iconografia della fauna Italica

Name usages

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

Pipistrellus lepidus

E. Blyth in F. W. Hutton, 1845

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lepidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

340

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40132121

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Pipistrella vispistrella

Loche, 1858

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

vispistrella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949436

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Loche (1858:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)

Scotophilus lobatus

(Jerdon, 1867)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lobatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

35

Authority publication

Roorkee

Name usages

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

Pipistrella minuta

Loche, 1867

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

78

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Vespertilio kuhlii var. albicans

(Monticelli, 1886)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

albicans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

200

Authority publication

Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali

Name usages

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

Vespertilio kuhlii var. pullatus

(Monticelli, 1886)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pullatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

200

Authority publication

Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali

Name usages

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

Vesperugo kuhli

(Acloque, 1900)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

kuhli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

35

Authority publication

Paris

Pipistrellus kuhlii pallidus

Heim de Balsac, 1936

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

180

Authority publication

Bulletin Biologique de France et de Belgique

Name usages

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

Pipistrellus kuhlii saharae

Heim de Balsac, 1936

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

saharae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

296

Name usages

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

Pipistrellus Kühli Latastei

P. Laurent, 1937

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

latastei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

157 (footnote)

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

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

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