Vansonia rueppellii

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Rüppell's Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Pipistrellini
Genus : Vansonia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Fischer, J.B. 1829. [Main body of work]. Pp. 1–527 in Fischer, J.B. 1829-1830. Synopsis Mammalium. J.G. Cotta, Stuttgart, 752 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=X31EAQAAMAAJ

Original name as described

Vespertilio Rüppelii

Other common names

Rüppell's Pipistrelle · Rüppell's Pipistrelle Bat

Type material

SMF:MAMM:4308

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Dongola, Northern Province, Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Israel · Iraq · Kuwait · Iran · Bahrain · Yemen · Morocco · Algeria · Egypt · Senegal · Mauritania · Chad · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda · Tanzania · Zambia · Angola · Malawi · Mozambique · Botswana · Zimbabwe · Namibia · South Africa

Taxonomy notes

moved from Pipistrellus to Vansonia

Taxonomy notes citation

Kruskop, S. V., Solovyeva, E. N., & Kaznadzey, A. D. (2018). Unusual pipistrelle: taxonomic position of the Malayan Noctule (Pipistrellus stenopterus; Vespertilionidae; Chiroptera). Zoological studies, 57.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005648

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Vespertilio Temminckii

(Cretzschmar, 1827)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

SMF:MAMM:4308

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

17, pl. 6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140552 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140553

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio Rüppelii

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rueppellii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · as_emended

Type

SMF:MAMM:4308

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

109

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Vespertilio Temminkii

(H. R. Schinz, 1844)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

temminkii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

165

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Schinz (1844:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Vespertilio Rüppellii

(J. A. Wagner, 1855)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rueppellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

745

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544852

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Vespertilio Ruppellii

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ruppellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Vesperugo hypoleucus

(von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hypoleuca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 24574

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

546

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447057

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Heuglin (1877:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vesperugo sennaariensis

(von Heuglin in von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

sennaariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

546

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447057

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Vesperugo Rüppellii

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rueppellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

277

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704688

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1870:277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37105)
  2. Heuglin (1877:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Vesperugo pulcher

(Dobson, 1875)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pulchra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1868.12.22.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3ee7c73d-188b-4099-b82d-28f0585c50b8

Authority page

471

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501720

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Vesperugo senarensis

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

senarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876363

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

Heuglin (1877:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Vesperugo temminckii

(A. T. de Rochebrune, 1883)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187551

Authority publication

Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux

Name usages

  1. Rochebrune (1883:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  2. Bocage (1889:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67736)
  3. Seabra (1900:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68460)

Vesperugo temmincki

(Noack, 1891)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

temmincki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7781030

Authority publication

Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten

Name usages

  1. Noack (1891:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7781030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38509)
  2. Matschie (1895:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Pipistrellus rueppelli

(J. Anderson & de Winton, 1902)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rueppelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · preoccupied

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58720545

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1913:315, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16327)
  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 (1994:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)

Pipistrellus fuscipes

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

fuscipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.1.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1fe0958b-c4cc-4dbb-8ee4-b728328e727b

Authority page

315

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635876

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1913:315, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16327)

Pipistrellus pulcher

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pulchra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

315

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635876

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1913:315, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16327)

Pipistrellus coxi

(O. Thomas, 1919)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

coxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.3.1.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/76fe0feb-06ed-4dac-80bd-2569ee83d786

Authority page

747

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2050382

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Pipistrellus vernayi

(A. Roberts, 1932)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

vernayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6546

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Scotozous rüppelii

(S. S. Flower, 1932)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rueppelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

383

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Flower (1932:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)

Pipistrellus leucomelas

(Monard, 1933)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société neuchâteloise des sciences naturelles

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Scotozous trüppellii

(Monard, 1935)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

trueppellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

31

Authority publication

Archivos do Museu Bocage

Pipistrellus rüppellii

(J. Eric Hill & T. D. Carter, 1941)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rueppellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

45

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hill & Carter (1941:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  2. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17361/22124277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

[Vansonia] vernayi

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

vernayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

304

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1946:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)

Pipistrellus Rüppelli senegalensis

(Dorst, 1960)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1960-81

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1960-81

Authority page

473

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54879176

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Koopman (1994:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

P. r. coxi

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

coxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

116

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

P. r. fuscipes

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

fuscipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

116

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

P. r. leucomelas

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

116

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

P. r. pulcher

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pulchra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

116

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

P. r. rueppelli

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rueppelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

116

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Pipistrellus rueppellii coxi

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

coxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus rueppellii fuscipes

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

fuscipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus rueppellii pulcher

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pulchra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus rueppellii rueppellii

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rueppellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus rueppellii senegalensis

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

senegalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus rueppellii vernayi

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

vernayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vansonia rueppellii

Benda, Spitzenberger, Hanák, Andreas, Reiter, Ševčík, Šmíd, & Uhrin, 2014

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rueppellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

81

Authority publication

Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae

Name usages

  1. Benda, Spitzenberger, Hanák, Andreas, Reiter, Ševčík, Šmíd & Uhrin (2014:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25234)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. Demos, Webala, Monadjem & Patterson (2025:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68419)

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