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

Andrews, C.W. 1900. Mammalia. Pp. 22–33 in Andrews, C.W. (eds.). A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). British Museum (Natural History), London, 337 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36497275

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-df3d36049f45

Type 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005626

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 murrayi

C. W. Andrews, 1900

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

murrayi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.8.6.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/569d8922-e634-4863-bbc3-df3d36049f45

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36497275

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Andrews (1900:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36497275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69215)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Jackson & Groves (2015:275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  5. Jackson & Groves (2015:275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136769/209549918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

P. t. murrayi

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

murrayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

112

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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