Pipistrellus rusticus

(Tomes, 1861)

Rusty 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

Tomes, R.F. 1861-05. Notes on a collection of bats made by Mr. Andersson in the Damara Country, south-western Africa, with notices of some other African species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861(1):31-40.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672475

Original name as described

Scotophilus rusticus

Other common names

Rustic Pipistrelle · Rusty Bat · Rusty Pipistrelle Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.419

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2ec2ec54-8202-452f-9965-463c41a86eec

Type locality

"Damaraland." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1926 to Olifants Vlei, Damaraland, Namibia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Gambia · Senegal · Guinea · Mali? · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005635

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.

Scotophilus rusticus

(Tomes, 1861)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rusticus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.419

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2ec2ec54-8202-452f-9965-463c41a86eec

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672475

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Pipistrellus rusticus

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rusticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439525

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  8. Kock, Barnett, Fahr & Ems (2002:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49394)
  9. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  10. Happold & Happold (2013:648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  14. Benda, Uvizl, Mazoch, Šklíba & Červený (2022:312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62780)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17362/22124708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pipistrellus marrensis

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1923

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

marrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.1.15

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

249

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551137

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Eptesicops rusticus

(Shortridge, 1934)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rusticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

60

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)

P. r. marrensis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

marrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Kock, Barnett, Fahr & Ems (2002:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49394)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

P. r. rusticus

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rusticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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