Pipistrellus nanulus

O. Thomas, 1904

Tiny 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

Thomas, O. 1904-08-31. New bats and rodents from West Africa, the Malay Peninsula and Papuasia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)14(81):196-202.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24255266

Original name as described

Pipistrellus nanulus

Other common names

Dwarf Pipistrelle Bat · Tiny Pipistrelle Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.2.8.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/53b9da0f-99f0-4997-87ca-3fe9a9924610

Type locality

"Efulen, Cameroons [= Cameroon]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005627

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 nanulus

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nanulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.2.8.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/53b9da0f-99f0-4997-87ca-3fe9a9924610

Authority page

198

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24255266

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Happold & Happold (2013:638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17353/22126587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  13. Demos, Webala, Monadjem & Patterson (2025:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68419)

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