Pipistrellus murrayi
C. W. Andrews, 1900
Christmas Island 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
Extinct
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Mongr. Christmas Island, 1900, p. 26
Original name as described
Pipistrellus murrayi
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1899.8.6.34
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/569d8922-e634-4863-bbc3-df3d36049f45Type locality
Christmas I, Indian Ocean, Australia.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Christmas Island · Cocos Islands?
Taxonomy notes
split from P. tenuis
Taxonomy notes citation
Helgen, K. M., Armstrong, K. N., Guzinski, J., How, R. A., & Donnellan, S. C. (2009). Taxonomic status of the Christmas Island pipistrelle, Pipistrellis murrayi Andrews, 1900, as assessed by morphometric and molecular investigations of Indo-Australian Pipistrellus. Com-monwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra.
IUCN Red List status
Extinct
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