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

Original name as described

Vespertilio Pygmæus

Other common names

Brown Pipistrelle · Pygmy Pipistrelle

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1999.43

Type kind

neotype

Type 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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