Hypsugo affinis

(Dobson, 1871)

Chocolate Pipistrelle

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1871. Notes on nine new species of Indian and Indo-Chinese Vespertilionidae, with remarks on the synonymy and classification of some other species of the same family. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1871:210-215.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12393595

Original name as described

Pipistrellus affinis

Other common names

Grizzled Pipistrelle · Highland Pipistrelle

Type material

ZSI 15592

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Bhamo, 1372 m, Kachin State, north-eastern Myanmar.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

India · Nepal · Sri Lanka · China · Myanmar

Taxonomy notes

moved from Falsistrellus to Hypsugo

Taxonomy notes citation

Górfól, T., & Csorba, G. (2018). Integrative taxonomy places Asian species of Falsistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) into Hypsugo. Mammalian Biology, 93(1), 56-63.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005712

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.

Pipistrellus affinis

(Dobson, 1871)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15592

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

213

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12393595

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Falsistrellus affinis

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Hypsugo affinis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

812

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17324/22131594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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