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
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/28672475Original 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-9965-463c41a86eecType 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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