Pipistrellus pygmaeus
(Leach, 1825)
Soprano 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
Zool. J., vol. 1, 559
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13382418Original name as described
Vespertilio Pygmæus
Other common names
Brown Pipistrelle · Pygmy Pipistrelle
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1999.43
Type kind
neotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/315e0f2b-fb9c-458a-b78e-e58084d66d22 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cd650d43-7834-46ac-8d55-e745b41e4cb1Type locality
"Spitchweek [= Spitchwick], near the forest of Dartmoor," Devon, United Kingdom.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Ireland · United Kingdom · Portugal · Spain · France · Germany · Denmark · Sweden · Norway · Switzerland · Italy · Slovenia · Austria · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Iran · Turkey · Cyprus
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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