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.

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 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

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